- Location
- Cornwall , UK
Its been a roller coaster of a ride with our little big boy , and one I thought I might fall off a few times ! But , we progress ! The biting has all but stopped , just the odd gentle mouthing , he has four beautiful grown up teeth now . He seems to be more calm in the house , settles in his bed with no prompting unless we have visitors and then all bets are off ! His recall , rock solid a few weeks ago , began to fail a couple of days ago , not really fail but more a case of " Coming in a few minutes " , so we upped the treats to sausage and bash away . What I am amazed at is that he is mainly leaving Nelly alone , I could swear he knows she isn't too good , would that be silly ? He has discovered the joys of water , and now ploughs into the river , but didn't like the sea at all , not that this worries me , I like a dog to have some natural caution ! Its hard at times to think he is only four and a bit months old , until he foes sloppy and wants cuddles , then he becomes babyish and quite lovely ! The garden will never look the same , I used to take such pride in it but whats the point ? Our pupster seems to enjoy digging little holes , and pruning, oh how he loves pruning !
I do get more tired than I used to , but its getting better and at least he sleeps well overnight ( still on the bed ! ) . He and Nelly rub along nicely , she is definitely the boss which is fine , it teaches him a healthy respect of his elders although he pushes his luck from time to time ! I don't have a crate, but he seems fine to be left in the kitchen behind the baby gate for an hour or two , whilst Nelly has the free run, I imagine her running up to the kitchen and taunting him behind the bars ! Am currently working on attempting to keep him calm in certain situation , such as the Vets ,because like his predecessor , he adores the Vets , but becomes wildly excited , I take him in regularly as they like to see him and it also makes it a stress free environment for him . Next goal is to take him down to Looe before it gets too busy with visitors , he walks around our village but its fairly quiet , Looe is a different kettle of fish . All in all, he is a good lad , time will tell if he degenerates into a hooligan teenager and maybe I will be writing a post whilst tearing my hair out ! xx
I do get more tired than I used to , but its getting better and at least he sleeps well overnight ( still on the bed ! ) . He and Nelly rub along nicely , she is definitely the boss which is fine , it teaches him a healthy respect of his elders although he pushes his luck from time to time ! I don't have a crate, but he seems fine to be left in the kitchen behind the baby gate for an hour or two , whilst Nelly has the free run, I imagine her running up to the kitchen and taunting him behind the bars ! Am currently working on attempting to keep him calm in certain situation , such as the Vets ,because like his predecessor , he adores the Vets , but becomes wildly excited , I take him in regularly as they like to see him and it also makes it a stress free environment for him . Next goal is to take him down to Looe before it gets too busy with visitors , he walks around our village but its fairly quiet , Looe is a different kettle of fish . All in all, he is a good lad , time will tell if he degenerates into a hooligan teenager and maybe I will be writing a post whilst tearing my hair out ! xx
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. Little Reuben sounds such a little bundle of joy and is a happy, settled little fellow. Like you I like a little bit of natural caution - not nervousness, but an ability to look at a thing and weigh it up before leaping in. Sounds like Reuben brings sunshine to the vets too, may it never diminish! 
