So in the continuing story of Aggie....
...we took her to the vet Monday and she's all healthy! They went ahead and gave her the next round of shots, and said she's healthy (and cute!). We got her started on heartworm preventative, flea preventative, and she's clear of worms in her poop. She's right at 6 pounds now, too.
...She has the potty training thing down pretty well, except she doesn't really like the whole rain thing. Over the past few days we've gotten tons of rain, so she's had to get used to it, though. She tries to get to where you can block the rain for her, which is pretty funny. She met a couple of neighbor dogs (from afar since she's not fully immunized) too.
...crate training is another story. We've made some progress - she can stay in her crate while I shower and get ready and seems to yell for a little while and then calms down, but try and leave her in there overnight and all hell breaks loose - she yelled for TWO HOURS the other night. So we've given up on the idea of her sleeping on the 2nd floor at night (in her day crate) and have had her sleeping in the pet carrier crate in our bedroom. That's gone really well, she snoozed HARD last night and didn't whine much at all. She almost slept thru the night, but we got her up aroun 3:30 am to go potty. So, apparently we'll be a 2-crate household. :) I had a doc appt yesterday and was gone for about 2 hours (did some errands too) and she was snoozing pretty hard when I got home - I opened the crate door and she didn't even notice. So, like I said, we're making progress. Eric's home Thurs & Fri and I suggested to him that he go and see a movie or something to get her used to spending time in the crate.
...she's gotten braver with the cats and will chase them around. She's gotten stairs figured out and will chase them up the stairs. They run into the bedroom and she stands at the baby gate upset that she can't get in there! Hail will wait til she gets w/in a few feet of her before hissing, so that's progress too.
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I remember the early puppy days. It's like acquiring a human toddler! Busy busy busy!
Puppies are A LOT of work. I have a 4 y.o. labradoodle who has never been able to be alone. No joke. As a pup he cried all night long in the crate. On night number 3 I finally made my cocker spaniel go in the crate with him and all was good.
When my cocker spaniel died, Snicker went in to major distress and never adjusted. That explains the purchase of Doodle the gigantic labradoodle who has taken over our house. :)
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