But mummy I'm gorgeous

But can be a naughty little thing..............She's now decided that coming to the office is a good place to be very naughty, jump on mummy's desk, play with her keyboard, emptying the tissue box was great fun. So she will have to stay at home on the days we are both working.  She also seems to have realized that she can bark, which is quite funny as she's so small but tried to make a big scary noise.

Took a lovely photo of her this evening, she now 13 weeks old.

Puppy Classes

Tonight we went to our first puppy class, poor sophie was the tiniest dog there and the youngest. She spent most of the time hiding under my chair, huddled in her jumper. I don't think the teacher really appreciates just how tiny and short haired IG's are, I got the impression that she just thought I was treating her like a little doll.

We did learn what's the best action to take when sophie starts to sink her teeth in to you.........scream very loudly at her!!!

So hopefully next week she will be a bit more excited to be there and less frightened around all the other much bigger dogs. Breeze the rottie looked like she thought sophie was a walking titbit (we'll stay on the other side of the room)

Homework is to practice our sit and down commands

A new Year

We've had a eventful few weeks with sophie, she's been keeping us on our toes and now has discovered how to go upstairs, which is lovely until she leaps on you first thing in the morning and covers you with licks and nibbles. She's also discovered the fish tank and spends a lot of the time trying to eat them.

Things aren't so great with Poppy who is too nice to really growl at Sophie when she doesn't want to be bitten or have her tail played with, hopefully Sophie will learn with Poppy doesn't really need to be nipped all the time.

She'd  now allowed out for walks but hates the cold and finding a coat for her has been quite difficult because she's still quite tiny(now weighs 2.3Kg). It was quite sunny today so we went for a walk around Lily Hill Park which she really enjoyed, no dragging needed!

Toilet training is going very well and she goes almost 100% in her crate which is lined with paper, I think eventually she will have a litter tray in the kitchen as she really hates going outside but hopefully when she's bigger going outside will be easier.

Been able to take some lovely photo's of her, these are some of my favourites. 

 

First day at the office

Sohpie had to come to work with me today, wasn't sure how she would be but it was great. She was quite happy in her crate by the radiator next to my desk and spent alot of the day asleep. She had a good explore around the place and managed not to disgrace herself by weeing on the floor.......Good Girl.

The Other Greyhound

Would a 12 year old ex-racing Greyhound tolerate having a small,loud, playful puppy come into her house and live...................well YES. Poppy's been very good with Sophie since she's arrived and has even let her curl up with her to sleep in the evenings. Sophie does try it get Poppy to play with her and even growls at her if Poppy doesn't take any notice, but sometimes Poppy does start to jump about and play with Sophie which sends the little pup scurrying off to the safety of her bed. I dont think she realizes just how big Poppy is until she tries to play. It's not been all plain sailing though, Poppy has reprimanded Sophie on a few occasions with a snap and a growl mainly when Sophie decides it's a good game to nip Poppy's nose or ears.

Sophies Here

She's been here for a week now and life has certainly changed. I bought her home on the train all the way from Bolton on a very cold Saturday afternoon. She slept most of the way home on my lap, then screamed in the car because she had to go in the pet carrier,(which she promptly crapped in!).

The first night she cried and screamed every two hours through the night in her puppy pen. By the next morning she had worked out how to climb out of the puppy pen and had slept on poppy's bed instead. After adapting the pen with lots of cardboard she just got very angry and spent a lot of the time screaming and shredding the cardboard. This carried on throughout the next night and I was getting very upset by the horrible noise. I was beginning to think we'd made a huge mistake in having a puppy.

I didn't really like her at this point but through the next two night she got a little better and was only waking up twice in the night, but she took a long time to settle back down and she was still being very angry with the cardboard barriers.

So in comes a medium crate and a soft round cat bed....................Instant change in her. No screaming, no getting angry with the fact she can't climb out. She just investigated her new and settled down for a sleep. I was amazed that she accepted the change so readily and now she is a completely different puppy. Happy to be in her crate for a while when we are in the room or if we go out she just goes to sleep.

She's great at night now and I don't even hear her is she gets out to wee. I now love my little Sophie.