We woke up yesterday morning and I decided that Marcie has outgrown her
small metal crate next to our bed. She's 12 weeks old tomorrow after
all! She's still a peanut, less than 15#, but she sleeps all stretched
out, very much like Franklin did. So last night, we introduced the
big (36") mesh crate. Much more room for her and her goose, and the
choice to sleep on her pillow or a lighter-cushioned crate mat. I
think the fit of the pillow in her metal crate caused her to roll off to
the sides of the crate too easily and that got uncomfortable.

It was a hit! Not only did she walk in and plop down to sleep right
away (which she always does), but she slept in until 7 (from 10), which
was very, very nice.

I moved her up to a bigger bowl at breakfast too. After all, she's
getting to be a big girl now! She still sleeps on the back of the sofa
like a cat (or like the little dog group at Matt's), but she's growing
up with the speed of light.

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

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Not only did she walk in and plop down to sleep right
away (which she always does), but she slept in until 7 (from 10), which
was very, very nice.

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Way to go, Marcie! They grow so fast now, 'eh? The latest pictures of her
look so different from her early pup pics.


td

Janet Boss said in
rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

I moved her up to a bigger bowl at breakfast too. After
all, she's getting to be a big girl now!

I've never found a bowl exactly the right size. Between
dogs' expectations and what I know they should eat, it's an
unresolved situation.

Anyway, I have a pretty good stack of dollar store stainless
steel bowls. These days, the puppy's bowl gets filled higher
than the others'.

She still sleeps
on the back of the sofa like a cat (or like the little dog
group at Matt's), but she's growing up with the speed of
light.

Maybe still goes up there, but doesn't hang out anymore.
She's now as old as Friday was when I got him from rescue.
Looking at them side by each, I find it hard to imagine that
Friday was like that, yet he was.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

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Rocky wrote:


Maybe still goes up there, but doesn't hang out anymore.
She's now as old as Friday was when I got him from rescue.
Looking at them side by each, I find it hard to imagine that
Friday was like that, yet he was.

yep - that's why we have cameras! It zips right by and way,way too
fast.

I find myself conflicted about many things:

It would be great if she could go down the stairs herself, so I don't
have to hoist her when my arms are already occupied. OTOH, she gets
into less trouble on one floor! But - it may be a better way of her
letting me know she needs out. Such difficulties!

It WOULD be nice if she could hop onto the sofa by herself. She's
ALMOST there, but not quite.

Her portability is handy in some ways and allows me to cop out on some
behaviors in others. Not the end of the world - plenty of time to be
teaching manners, and it does happen now as well.

I see a potential counter cruiser in my future. She has a good nose and
it works overtime. We'll need to be prepared for when she gets tall
enough to actually do something about it.

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

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Much more room for her and her goose, and the
choice to sleep on her pillow or a lighter-cushioned crate mat.
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So the goose continues intact, if she ever outgrows it emotionally you can
put it in her scrapbook! Does she treat all stuffed toys respectfully?

Ricki Lee had a small football and a little shoe that she carried around for
three years, then one day she tore the stuffing out of both.
Karla

Janet Boss said in
rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

It would be great if she could go down the stairs herself,
so I don't have to hoist her when my arms are already
occupied. OTOH, she gets into less trouble on one floor!

I don't have stairs and it's always been interesting watching
my dogs encounter them for the first time.

But - it may be a better way of her letting me know she
needs out. Such difficulties!

Yup, I understand the difficulties. Maybe always lets her
outdoor needs be known - she fakes it often, though, just to
get outside to eat snow.

It WOULD be nice if she could hop onto the sofa by herself.
She's ALMOST there, but not quite.

Heh, she can, she just doesn't know she can. Once she
realises she can, forget about naps.

Her portability is handy in some ways and allows me to cop
out on some behaviors in others. Not the end of the world
- plenty of time to be teaching manners, and it does happen
now as well.

Yep, manners are low(er) priority.

I see a potential counter cruiser in my future. She has a
good nose and it works overtime. We'll need to be prepared
for when she gets tall enough to actually do something
about it.

Knock on wood, that I don't have. One is enough.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

In article Lcybj.4556$Pt6.2230@trndny07,
"filly" wrote:


So the goose continues intact, if she ever outgrows it emotionally you can
put it in her scrapbook! Does she treat all stuffed toys respectfully?

She does! And Rudy completely leaves it alone, which is pretty odd!
She trots down the hall and takes Mr (Ms?) Goose out of her crate and
carries it around the house.

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

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Rocky wrote:
I don't have stairs and it's always been interesting watching
my dogs encounter them for the first time.

The only one of my dogs who'd seen stairs before coming here
was Saber. The others have all dealt with it with varying
degrees of chutzpah. Greta was the worst - she wouldn't
even go up the two steps to the front porch. With most of
them, once they'd gotten comfortable in the house and with
me and seemed relaxed and happy I'd mess it up by carrying
them halfway up the inside stairs (which has 13 steps) and
let them figure out how how to get out of it. It usually
took just once, again except for Greta (sometimes I miss
having a dog who feels that a little reticence is not such a
bad thing, though).

Emmett is the only one who I got as a puppy, and I let him
deal with the stairs on his own schedule. That was both for
physical reasons and for confidence-building. He started
going up the stairs a couple of weeks before he decided to
try to go down them. And looking back, I wish I'd had a
video camera to capture his descents for the first couple of
days, because they weren't exactly organized and controlled.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community

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(Melinda Shore) wrote:


Emmett is the only one who I got as a puppy, and I let him
deal with the stairs on his own schedule. That was both for
physical reasons and for confidence-building. He started
going up the stairs a couple of weeks before he decided to
try to go down them. And looking back, I wish I'd had a
video camera to capture his descents for the first couple of
days, because they weren't exactly organized and controlled.

Yes, one of the reasons I'm not in a big rush is that I don't want the
little darling hurting herself! She's quite adept at going UP the
stairs now - she started that on day 10 here. I know she has gone down
ONCE but I didn't witness it (I went downstairs and into the garage and
when I came in, there she was).

We don't have carpet on them and they are polyurethaned, so they can be
a little tricky.

I've asked Santa for a video camera, so maybe we'll have one in
time.......

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com