so we got a puppy. yay puppies! so cute, so inquisitive. so full of poop and pee. seriously how small are their bladders? really? couldn’t do without the spleen or appendix to make room for more bladder? do dogs even have an appendix? anyway, she’s been here a week and already I’m wanting to ship her back. of course I am. I have no tolerance, patience or ability to function on 3 hours sleep. I’m partly kidding.
some things are getting better. we’re getting on pretty good overnight. she gets up twice and goes out, tinkles and settles right back down when she comes in. not too bad. I’ve gotten her on a rough schedule which definitely helps. I’ve also learned that exercise is key to making her less hyper and spastic. puppies are incredibly spastic. we’re curbing that by wearing her out. this morning she was up at six, tinkled, poo’d (yes I did feel it necessary to share) and ate. she sort of settled down for a bit until the kids got up. as soon as they left we practiced walking on the leash. her not me.. I think I’d be awesome on a leash. To round out the fun times I let her off the leash in the fenced back yard and “played” with the frisbee. she needs to learn to share. so far, she’s horrible at it.
unfortunately we’ve already had a minor scuffle. her first day here, within two hours, the big dog decided he did NOT like being licked in the mouth. Honestly, we were doing wonderfully keeping things civil. I kept the puppy on the leash and away from big dog. unfortunately, big dog didn’t stay leash length away. all was fine until puppy got too close and licked his mouth. big dog can fit puppy’s mouth in his. one of his teeth impaled poor puppy between the eyes. YIKES. puppy screamed and bled and thing 2 cried. she thought it was her fault. no idea why, as she wasn’t involved at all. maybe she was whispering to big dog to do it…
anyway, the next day it appeared to be ok and started healing. apparently looks can be deceiving. at the vet yesterday I learned it had an abscess and that is disgusting my friends. EW. the vet relieve the void of it’s ew-ness. and then there was a void. a nifty hole in her poor face. so she got an afternoon at the vets for stitches. poor puppy.
previously adorable puppy:
is now temporarily not so adorable puppy:
