Whoafully belated

Well it has been 6 days since I posted last where are we.....

• Winnie is almost done with her Clavamox for the UTI. I am phasing her off of that Eukanuba Low-Res puppy food and onto Canidae. My plan is to get her back to Primal in the next couple of weeks.
  
• She is still peeing "inappropriately". Yesterday she peed in her crate. She has been out recently (w/in the hour) but had also consumed a bunch of water. In her pen yesterday she was soaking wet from the end of her ribcage down to her tail. It wasn't water! = ( I cannot figure out why she does that. She was loose in the pen but didn't have a towel or pee pad and yet she is still soaked. I have come back to her pen to find her napping/lounging on a pee soaked towel. This is very disturbing!
• We have worked more on position changes and they are getting faster. We have also done some front work (me kneeling) and a few getting to heel positions.
  
• She loves tug more than treats which will be handy later on but treats are easier for getting started
• Helen's newly adopted poodle has been diagnosed with ringworm. Luckily W has played with her for about 45 min a day/5 days a week for 2-3 weeks now. It is unclear if continued exposure to him means a higher likelihood of her getting it or not. Except for daycare, he is her only play buddy.
• W threw up 3x yesterday so we ditched puppy clas just in case.
• Winnie seems to have outgrown her sleeping crate - new nose and tail touch the ends when she stretches out. I worry that she will hurt herself b/c it is one of the metal cage style and she has stuck her legs out of the bars. I had her sleep in Dolce's collapsible crate last night we seemed to work fine for her.
• She was making odd noises at 2am so I got up to take her out but she didn't want to go. I think that she had been either dreaming or trying to itch her eyes/ears. I did make her go out and she peed then happily went back to bed. I heard odd semi-fussy noises from the crate just before 6 so I got her up and took her out. She pooped 2x almost immediately but didn't pee for about 5 minutes after that.
  
• I think that her UTI is better but now I have to try and clean up with peeing on yourself business.
• We have been taking some walks at night over the last week because she is quite nervous at night. I had taken her out at night several times before but decided to last week and she was so scared we had to just sit on the stoop and watch. The next night she could walk but she is dart-y and carries her tail low (almost tucked). As I imagined with more exposure she is getting better so we need to keep that up.
• We walked to work yesterday and she did well. There was a man leaning over sweeping the gutter which she found worrisome but other than that and a LOUD harley type motorcycle not much to worry about.
• I find it interesting that she doesn't seem to take cues from Dolce about the "danger" level of things outside. If he barks she gets more scared but he can be perfectly calm and unphased by something while she is quite worried.....
• In many ways Dolce is more patient with her than I coule have imagined but he is not "Accepting" her at all. He is never happy to see her and hasn't tried to play with her in about 2 weeks. He steals from her as often as possible. He goes into her pen and eats her food.
  
• If I do any grooming work with W then D gets very "jealous". The biggests blowups that he has had with her have come after I have been grooming her. It helps if he gets groomed too but I have also learned to let him chill a little before letting the pup out and about.
• We went to our 2nd conformation match this past Sunday. W did very well in the first class but was feisty and naughty in the 2nd (jumping up and biting at my pants). The first judge was a very tall African American man who was very sweet and gentle with her. He asked about her breeding and according to Amy seemed to give her more of a look than the other dogs there. I *think* that he is a professional handler. The second judge was an older Caucasian man who did a very long exam on the table which was great socialization. He also asked me to show her bite which was interesting. My hand stacking is getting better but we are sucking at the free stack. I think that I might officially drop out of that puppy class (we have missed class 3 & 4) and start going out to the conformation drop-ins in San Leandro.
• Winnie is great about having her nails trimmed and better about brushing but the rest of it still sucks! She was so nervous and upset in her bath on Sunday I felt badly for her. I am struggling with the "just deal" approach and the "ds/cc" approach. I will keep you posted.

Details, details

So Winnie as I mentioned in the last post W was put on Flagyl, Eukanuba Low-Res Puppy kibble and Pepcid. Her stomach seems better. (This morning she had 2 perfect stools and 1 formed but soft one). The drinking and peeing is not better.

According to her urinalysis her specific gravity was 1.034 (I think) which is apparently in the "grey area" but her white blood cell count was really high - something like 20 per view and it should be closer to 3 the vet said.(from memory so who knows)?!

With the exception of the drinking and inappropriate urination she seems "normal" and looks GREAT! = )

Yesterday we went through 5 towels (she wet them and continued to lie on them). Today I am going to put a towel only in her crate and a pee pad on the floor and see what happens. The pee pad might not work though because she likes to sleep on them and she shredded the last one I gave her at work.

A few more things to add to the Winnie to-do list:

• Have someone take her from me, give her treats and bring her back ( like trip to back for blood draw) (new situation)
  
• Hand her to someone in a new situation and have them treat her

So last night I picked up her Clavamox for the UTI and she had blood drawn. She was apparently very wiggly and NOT coorperative and tried hard to prevent their work. Poor Winnie. The blood is going to be checked for her kidney and liver details.

She slept from about 11pm-5:30am and I tooker her out to thr bathroom - she peed & pooped. Her crate was dry. I put her back in and we slept for another 2 hours...her crate was again dry but I thought I felt some moisture on her legs. licking?

For 1/3 of her breakfast I worked on getting her to lie on her side prompted by gentle pressure from my hand. We also worked on brushing. She did well but we need more work like that.

PTSD

Poor Winnie. Yesterday I didn't have her lunch with me. We were at Shura's so she had some of Monkey's kibble and 2 duck jerky strips. During the night she threw up the kibble. This morning she had minimal appetite. She ate a little and threw that up also. I was/am trying not to freak out.

Since yesterday (post grooming) she had been lethargic and not interested in much. I had planned to work her at Sunday class but she was too tired. She didn't have much appetite. She also might be sore...perhaps from struggling so hard. I am fight off feelings that I had allowed some real damage to be done to my dog.

We had a vet appointment this morning to check for a possible UTI. Luckily I was able to catch a sample this morning so they didn't need to draw one out with a needle. I love my vet BTW. He played with Winnie and loved her up .... so cute. She didn't need to endure any "procedures" beyond a temp today which is excellent. Her temp was 100.8 and last month it was 100.2 so nothing alarming there. She weighs 8.4lbs which the Dr said was good. He will run the urinalysis and call me tomorrow with the results. I am wondering if I should have had him run a parvo test.

Winnie has been put on low-residue eukanuba puppy kibble. She likes it which is good. I hate to feed her that kind of stuff but the Dr said for puppies he prefers not to restrict them to chicken or cottage cheese and rice b/c they need a lot more than that. I am going to trust him on this one and try it for a few days. We shall see.

Winnie interesting grooming adventure

I mentioned a few posts ago that a woman had offered to mentor me on conformation. I knew that it was going to be a difficult situation but I decided to try anyway.

She was nicer to Winnie than I had anticipated. Winnie had a hard time with the grooming and restraint and fought a lot. She had many, many tantrums. The worst part for me was when Winnie got really (honestly) scared by the force dryer. She looked at me and asked me to save her. I wish that I could had but I didn't (the lady wouldn't have allowed me to even if I could have summoned the guts). My homework is to help Winnie become comfortable with and accept the restrain necessary to do show grooming. The good news if I now have a much better idea of what that all looks like. I did learn a lot. Sigh. Winnie was exhausted for the rest for the day really.

Winnie is drop-dead-gorgeous

Today she goes in to see the Dr. again in case she might have a UTI or bladder infection.

Saturday social

Dianne came by with her boys and a boarder to work W on big dogs. W did well and was quickly willing to sniff True

Saturday we went to the opening of Emma's new business. I hadn't planned to take both dogs but the car was so smelly from getting detailed that I felt I couldn't leave one in the car. Both dogs were excellent! There we many other dogs there (an Aussie, an old poodle x, Willie, Clancy, Truman, dachsie and, Farfel and few others). W and D did very well. Winne played hard with the dachsie. She got to say hello to 1 little boy. She wasn't particularly interested in the kids or the adults. She sniffed the foot and behind of a giant stuffed animal coyotoe (probably 4' tall). She is a party animal! W tried to get True to play and he growled at her - she recovered immediately and moved on leaving him alone.

My oh my

Well Winnie now quickly and skillfully scales out of her pen each time she is put in unless you remain in the kitchen with her. If you stay in the kitchen she paces restlessly in her pen. I hope to borrow or buy a taller one because she is NO where near ready to be loose in the kitchen. She jumped out of her pen at some point last night while we were at a TIC meeting. She didn't destroy anything that I noticed but she did pee a huge puddle on the floor.

We had a good lesson with Denise yesterday morning. W was nervous in the new environment at first so we let her off leash to check things out. Then we worked position changes with food - they were a bit slow. I got our her leather tug and she forgot all about the new environment. We played and worked on short bits of heeling.

Everyone keep commenting on how big she is getting.....in the last few days I haven't noticed any of her crazy growth spurts which is kind of nice.

Thursday Kim used W as one of the dogs in a small dog playgroup at worl - W did really well I thought.

Thursday I also had the opportunity to do some big dog work with Akinshe (akita/bloodhound type dog). We started off at about 10' and he was laying down facing away from Winnie. I let her sneak up at her pace while Anissa kept the big boy entertained. Next they heeled around the lobby and we followed them - Winnie sniffed his hocks a lot. We did more set ups and variations and within 10 minutes she was very comfortable - no play solicitation though.

Today (Friday) Winnie spent the entire day at Shura's. SHURA ROCKS!!!!!!!!

catching up

Went to Shirley's puppy class Tuesday night - W did really well. Play was a bit weird. Mostly tiny dogs and most dogs haven't seen other dogs since they left their litter. = (

W drank a ton of water after class and peed in her pen, then in the yard and eventually on me =(

Our walk to and fro was uneventful.

Today (Wednesday) we walked to work. Winnie whimpers and avoids big dogs at this point. MUST help her with that. W played with Helen's foster poodle. She also peed in her pen today. I can't get the house-training thing worked out. She wet my shirt when I carried her back from protrero center. I took her into Avanzino when Marti's dogs were there (Aussie, Lab and Frenchie). Winnie started screaming and darting around but eventually calmed down and sniffed the dogs. She was most worried about the Aussie.

We walked home at 1pm b/c we had to go to the title company for the billionth time. W sat in her crate in the truck and was great. We went straight to handling class in San Leandro. W did really well but was worried about the FCR pup. That pup does come on really strong and trys to drag her owner across the room to see Winnie. At the end of class we tried to let them greet. W did some proper greetings and some odd snarky conflicted king fu maneuvers.

Mollie finds a mentor

Yesterday a prominent poodle breeder in our area chose Winnie as "best puppy" at the poodle club workshop. This doesn't give us any points but we "won" 3 stuffed toys and I got a big ego boost. The breeder also offered to mentor me. This is a great opportunity and something that I hope to take full advantage of. My big concern is keeping W safe - making sure that I don't give up or lose control over how my pup is handled, trained or treated. I have a different approach from many people in the dog show world. I need to find the strength to keep things on a path that I am comfortable with.

Big compliments from an important poodle person:
"Hi Mollie,
I am delighted that you got back to me. I did want to tell you that although you bought Winnie for obedience competition, you can do it all with her. I checked out her pedigree and it is obvious that the reason she is such top quality is that she comes from the very best bloodlines in miniature poodles !
I am so glad you turned up at the match and you were willing to take her into the conformation ring...it was a real treat to "find" her.
You have a good hand on the pup...and you listen...not an easy to find combination.
I would be very happy to mentor you.It is the wisest way to get involved. I could teach you so much. I also used to teach obedience,years ago.
I will check my calender and call you"

Back to the day-to-day details

• W woke up at 6:40 (luxurious!)
• Straight out to the yard
• We hung out in the kitchen for an hour until D woke up.
• I left W in her pen so that Dolce could go out to the bathroom in peace.
• I offered breakfast at about 8am. I hid breakfast for both dogs. Both dogs found their breakfast but only Dolce ate.
• W played fetch with deedle dude
• I gave them both flossies (highly prized) and we only had 1 guarding incident. Not bad!
• The dogs helped me do some gardening - always interesting. W loves to bite the water and try to grab weeds out of my hand.
• I tried to leave W in her pen when I walked out to the yard - I turned around and she was behind me. She must have jumped out b/c the pen was still closed. Great.
  

Best puppy of the workshop!

Today I took Winnie (and Dolce) to a conformation/obedience workshop put on by our local poodle club. I hadn't entered her but rather just planned to socialize her to the environment.

I was chatting with two women that were there to match their toy puppies when the judge (Florance Graham of Graphic Poodles) walked past us and commented on what a gorgeous puppy Winnie was.

We walked over to the ring to watch the conformation matching and the Florance asked me if I was entered. I wasn't. She insisted that I do a day-of and match.

Well Winnie was the only mini pup so we "won" that class but she ended up "winning" best puppy of the match. There were only 4 pups (2 toys, Winnie and a Standard pup) to choose from but still! The feedback that I got on her was very, VERY good. = ) Winnie also came away with 3 squeaky toys and we got to take our picture with the judge.

We have been going to conformation handling class and Winnie seems to take to this "work" very naturally. I am trying hard to learn what I need to know to present her well.

The judge wanted to know where I got Winnie and asked for a copy of her pedigree. She also invited me to her house to give me some help on grooming/handling.

Another Poodle friend of mine saw Winnie for the first time. She said that Winnie is breath-taking and that I had no idea "what I had".

Winnie was initially wary of the other dogs - giving them a wide berth and whining..... we kept walking around and by the end she was almost completely comfortable passing by most dogs crated or walking around.

I was very pleased with (and proud of) my little Winners today.

Reader's choice

I couldn't decide what to title this blog .... you get to choose.

Here are a few options to get you started:

• Mollie, don't panic....
  
• I give up!
• Uncle!
• you are FIRED!

Rather uneventful walk to work. W still stops to observe things which is fine with me. It is clear that I need to get her out more/longer. She was exceptional in the office today - even pooped/peed not in her pen. She is getting too rough with Clipper (Helen's foster poodle) so we are having them play tug instead of wrestling.

My panic moments:

• Winnie say John's dogs through the glass (they were in Avanzino park) and she started to boof (quiet barks) and growl! AAAAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhh. Then Jean and Janis came down the hall with their dogs and we hid behind the door to the elevator. We looked again on our way to MPR C and again - boofing and growling. (DON'T PANIC)
• We get home tonight and I check my e-mails. I then pack a bag of canidae kibble and set out on a walk. Winne gets concerned here and there but no biggie. She mostloy just stops, stares and drops her tail. We walked to 22nd street then up to Bryant. She gets scared in front of the restaurant so we hung there and ate "cookies" for a while. She gained confidence and on we went. All seemed well. There is a licquor store on 23rd that plays loud music. THere is also a big, imposing bald man who lingers in the doorway (sometimes partially obscured by the door or sort of leaning/swinging on the 1/2 door. Winnie got really scared - boofing, barking and growling. AT one point she bolted. Then 4 teenage boys started barking at her which of course really helped. (NOT!!) We walked on and she settled down. We made a circle back past our house and went around again. This time no problems at the restaurant. She was better at the liquor store but still wary. We hung for a while and she could chase treats but she was scared. (Don't PANIC)

OMG, OMG, OMG...........

Post that should have been published yesterday (Friday)

• Both dogs refused to eat again this morning. I know that they are hungry. Both are interested in the food but neither will eat it. Winnie took a small bit and then licked the salmon oil off but left the nuggets. I decided to replace it. I would take it back to PFE but dont' have the receipt. I did ask them and the lady said she hadn't heard any complaints about the Primal chicken.
• We dropping Tim off at work on TI. The headed for Shura's. I smelled a bad smell and pulled over at the outlook just after the main gates. W had pooped in her crate. Great, just fabulous. UGH. GROSS. She was mess too. I cleaned up as best I could then off to daycare we went.
• At daycare I got her cleaned up and left her for the day.
• Poor Dolce was at work all stressed out all day.
• We ran to PFE at lunch to get a few things - including duck Primal and a small bag of Canidae kibble (all life stages).
• I picked Winnie up from daycare at about 6:30. It took her a minute to notice that I was there but she was quite happy to see me. Apparently today she was barking during play. Uh-oh.....
• I got home about an hour before the interview with possible 4th co-tenant. I pottied the dogs and fed them. They both had canidae with salmon oil and tripe. Both cleaned their dishes.
• We set the dogs up for our departure (Dolce in our room and Winnie in her pen in the kitchen.) Winnie was exhausted so I assumed she would sleep. Dolce was quiet which was excellent!
• We got back after our 2h 45 min meeting and I took Winnie out to meet the new possible coten. He wears a had at has a beard! ;- ) He was very excited to meet her...she wasn't particularly interested in him but she did greet him.
• She peed/pooped before bed but she drank a TON of water. (Likely b/c of the kibble plus I fed her too much of it)
• She fussed at 2AM so I ran her out and she peed immediately.
• We got up at 6:30AM
• I wonder if I should take her in for x-rays. I hear a "click" every once in a while - sounds like my knee or knuckle when they "pop". She plays like mad and doesn't seem to have any pain/problems but she has been accidentally stepped on a few times and I am worried that something could be wrong with her. This raising a puppy stuff is TOUGH.
  

A day off

We had a lazy morning around the house. Dolce went out with Brenda. Winnie went with me to take Jane on 2 errands and then to the ariport. W threw-up in the crate. = (
When we got to the yard she had a little loose stool;

I was worried of course because she also seemed low energy but it was really HOT. This poor little dog just melts in the heat......not a great quality. = (
I hung out in the kitchen with her while she napped - she looks like such a princess with the fan blowing into her pen etc. I went out to run some errands and get to get a thermometer to use so that I can track her temp and stop getting stressed out. The thermometer choices were very odd - Hello kitty digital , a few temple style (not useful for a dog!), or Spongebob Square Pants. The only one that cliamed it would do the task at hand was the SBSP one. If you are at my house and see a Spongebob thermometer don't use it! ;-)

W napped most of the afternoon. I gave her some nutri-cal and got her to eat a cube of chicken primal straight from the fridge (so chilly). She pepped up later on and we went out for a 10 minute walk. We avoided the sunny side of the street. As most walks in teh neighborhood are we had many interesting socialization opportunities. We saw a man with a big shopping cart, people eating at El Metate, a man bending (tying his shoe) half obscured by a doorway, and a playground full of children. The people eating cause W to pause as did the big dog we saw.

I set her up in her pen to nap and took Dolce to the chiropractor - where we waited for 30 minutes b/c they didn't tell the doctor I was coming. She showed and we had a very short (15 min) session. It hurt Dolce more than usual and he actually walked away from her and hid behind me. = (

Then back to the house to drop of Dolce and collect Winnie for conformation class. She was excellent in the car and wonderful in class. I was very proud. The only other dog there was a young FCR. I crated Winnie for the first 15 min of class because the teacher was talking. She was quiet in the crate - good girl Winnie!!

We worked on down & backs, triangles and around the ring. W did very well - I need to c/t for the nice movement + head forward. It is very difficult for me to NOT click her looking at me!!!!
W was excellent on the table and I am getting better at placing her. Practice makes perfect they say. Vicki was able to go over Winnie a few times while she stacked on the table and enjoying some cheese. W was intimidated by the FCR pup who is very enthusiastic and was desperate to play. She hid behind me or stayed close and whimpered. After class she tried to say hi but couldn't work up the courage. Maybe next week.

On our way back in to SF we picked up Tim. W couldn't have been better in the car. I was sure that she was going to pee in her crate b/c she didn't pee before class, at or during class. In fact she waited until we got home.....

Tim and I took the dogs out for a walk at about 9pm. W started off confident but then got worried. We saw all kinds of things from people obscured in the darness to dogs and loud motorcycles. Thus is a BUSY neighborhood! More nighttime walks are a MUST for this pupper!

Angry old man attacks young girl

Denise told me not to let Dolce watch the puppy train or play. She didn't mention anything about grooming.

Dolce did see her get played with a little yesterday and he saw her getting lots of grooming attention. Apparently one should not allow the older dog to watch the younger dog get groomed either. Dolce was very growly and tense all evening with 2 "attacks". Not sure what sparked the first one but it was occurred aroung the dining room table and ended quickly with minimal squealing. The second one occurred in the kitchen when Tim and I were on the floor and both dogs were loose. Winnie approached us and Dolce rished from a few feet behind us and laid into her. Tim pushed him down and I jumped up PISSED OFF at Dolce. I shouted at him and snatched him up intending to throw him into the bathroom for a looooooong time out. Tim stopped me (because I was so angry) and made me put Dolce down (I tossed him out of the kitchen) Tim took Dolce and put him into the bedroom. The puppy was shrieking and sort of spazzing out so I couldnt' tell if anything was wrong with her or not. I was so mad/stressed that I burst into tears! ugh. The pup seemed unhurt and we let Dolce out of the room. Things calmed down a bit so I put W on her bed on a tie down and D sat on Tim's lap while we watched a movie. We watched the Long Goodbye - if you haven't seen it I recommend that you do.

Things seemed to be on the med when we went to bed. The pup whimpered at about 6:30am and I moved to get up and let her out. Dolce growled and bit me on the knee. His reaction was related to the puppy some how and I have done that a zillion times without incident.

Later on when the pup wouldn't pee outside I put her into her crate so that I could take a shower. I gave her a salmon skin bone and gave Dolce a salmon skin bone. The pup was crated in our bedroom and Dolce had his bone in the kitchen. When I got out of the shower Tim told me that he had heard growling and found Dolce lying down on the bed growling at the puppy (who was still in her crate!!!!!). Tim brought Dolce into the dining room with him and let Winnie in her crate. Tim tried to get Dolce to nap on his lap which worked for a while but all of a sudden Dolce growled and threw himself off of the chair to protect his bone......odd thing is there wasn't anyone to guard from!?!? (No dogs on TV, Winnie in her crate). I put the salmon bones away after I got out of the shower. Poor Dolce....Tim thinks that he seem paranoid that Winnie is going to take all of his stuff.

For breakfast I gave the dogs 3 cubes of Primal + plain yogurt + local honey. Winnie LOVED the honey (Winnie the Pooh-dle luvs Hunny) = )

Neither one ate particularly well. Winnie is very interested in her chews these days and has lost a few baby teeth in the front (on top). She did eat both of her Primal nuggets at lunch.

Winnie's Auntie D gave her some frozen turkey hearts. Dolce refused to even investigate his and Winnie played with hers. We will try again later.

A walk on the wildside

Today was a socialization day not to be outdone by conventions such as clothing. D agreed to help me on a poodle social outing. We took both poodles to the castro on a "man hunt". It has been decided that Winnie isn't meeting enough men so we decided to address that head on.

She handled the hub-bub very well. We saw a WIDE variety of people including a nude (except for shoes) man who is apparently running for mayor! Yikes! We saw men and women of a wide variety of back grounds including several people sitting on the street, dogs of various sizes wooden planks, metal grates, old school street cars, baby strollers, and buses.

Winnie was mostly confident for all of it which impressed me. She greeted about a dozen people thanks to D's puppy socialization skills! I tend to just stand around baffled that people aren't flocking to my dogs!

When we got home I gave W a quick bath (her 4th or 5th I think). Por think shivered and struggled to get out. = (

After we let her dry we brushed her out - always an adventure as she would like to eat the brush. Then we clippered her face and tail. We used the big Andis and a #10 blade. D was in charge of treat dispensing and together we managed to keep Winnie pretty cooperative - carefully treating any holding still and not reinforcing her jerk-aways.

She has no problems with her tail getting clipped at all - not sure she even noticed. The face is more challenging and the her muzzle is hard! (getting better though - thanks D!!!!!!!)

Poor little princess was tired and eventually fell asleep on her grooming chair. We had to take lots of breaks to let the blade cool off. I really, really have to remember to get that cooling spray!

Winnie was sooooo tired and slept for a couple hours - I gave her some nutrical b/c she didn't get a full lunch. I gave her some kibble as we were leaving and she ate it up. When we got home about 90 minutes later she has peed on her pad and was ready to go-go-go!.

She is currently on the kitchen rug chewing on a pig's tail!

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday

Winnie and I walked to work yesterday. It was an uneventful & slow walk. I am wondering if she has entered a "fear period". Things seem to worry her that weren't a worry last week. One example was the hige cardboard box that was sitting in the dining room. She saw it and stepped back...it tooker her 30 seconds or so to approach/investigate. After she checked it out all was well. Igot her to practice walking on flat cardboard as yet another surface which was cool. There wasn't too much activity on our walk but she did take notice of the people and dogs. She had to stop walking a few times and observe. A block away from work there was a lady pulling a noisy cart full of bottles and she was quite startled by that. We encountered 2 different sidewalk grates and did a little work on both - she was hesitant so need more work there too.

I played her with Clipper (who really should be called Prince Charming). Helen decided not to adopt him which is a bummer but I can see her reason - 3 dogs is A LOT!. Apparently he is perfect (he sure seems to be).

W stayed in Holly's office all day up off of the adoption desk. She was a bit fussy on & off but did well. She did pee 4x.

• 1x submissive pee when she saw Akinshe (he weighs about 120 and looks like an Akita/Bloodhound)
• 1x by the door - she has been crying but I thought that she was just complaining
• 1x on her pad (which I provided after the 1st real pee)
• 1x just at the end of the day - again she had been fussing which she had been doing intermittently. She took out some frustration on the pad which was interesting.

I took her to MPR to play on breaks & lunch. She played with Clipper for about 20 minutes at lunch - they are SO darling together! We played fetch today with 1 of the squeaky balls that Melody gave Winnie at her puppy shower. She has a great retrieve.

We got a ride home after work. I fed the dogs, pottied them and then Tim and I left to go to a poker diner. I cam home about 3 hours later and W had waited to pee outside! Yippee!!

We went to bed at about 11pm and W work me up at 6:23!. I got her up a few minutes later and she had waited all that time to go to the bathroom! I love to sleep!!!! Thanks Winnie!!

This morning we worked on our table stacking - we both need a lot more practice!

Auntie Dee's Daycare

Well little miss princess is still tired this morning from her big day yesterday.

She slept from about 11pm-6am which, if you have been following her sleeping schedule is an hour+ longer than usual!!!! = )

She is still tired this morning and was just napping on her newly washed dog bed and is now curled up in the middle of the kitchen rug.

WInnie spends the day with Uncle Clancy

We walked to work today. Winnie was great! We saw lots of lone people walking. Her only big spook occurred when we were across from the Starbucks on Bryant and a lab and Dane had words - Dolce started to freak out and then Winnie got very scared. She recovered within a minute or two.

She played with Clipper the SPCA poodle for a while and hung out in the office until D came to collect her.

Here are pictures of her day:







In case that wasn't enough to tire the baby we went to the baseball field near Balboa park to play and practice recalls. When we first got there Dolce tried to play with her -that ended quickly but he tried!

Winnie did lots of running but did stay pretty close and did well on her recalls. I had her drag a leash becuase I felt better.

Understatements

W went up with us for coffee yesterday and I let her walk at the center. She did very well but did want to chase after the birds - uh oh! She met some crazy people and saw a baby stroller that almost ran into her!

She hung out in the office and peed in the MPR a bunch of times which is better than in her pen. She played like a mad woman with a mini poodle named Clipper. She waaaay out played him tho - he jumped up on a table to try and get away from her! Helen said "she is quite energetic!" I KNOW!

W has been getting up at 5 which is lame. We went back to bed Friday morningd slept again from 5-7 which was luxurious! I have been biking with her to work but she just barely fits in the back pack now to this morning we are going to walk. Eeek! Most people around me think that I am being overly protective of her...by not letting her walk around here. I hope that they are right and I am wrong!