So I picked up Bella early, on Tuesday. She rode down with us to Miami. She was so good! She whined a little bit at first when I was holding her, so I put her in the kennel and she fell right to sleep. Then she did so well at my uncle's house! Everyone was holding her and she didn't mind a bit! And she was great with the other dogs. In fact, she was often the one chasing them around. Today on the ride back, I initially put her in the kennel since she seemed to like on the way up, but today she was whining so I took her out and she curled up next to me and fell asleep. She's doing well with the puppy pads! When she's sniffing around, I just say "potty bella" and she does right to the puppy pad and does her thing! Well, peeing that is--she can't seem to remember to use the bathroom there the other time!! She's definitely become a chewer (she chews on my hands, her kennel, my hair)! I had to go out and buy some plastic bones with different ridges on it and I discovered that she loves the crinkle sound of her puppy pad (she loves to pick it up with her teeth and run around with it!) I did find one ring toy that has crinkly things attached, but if anyone knows of anymore toys that make crinkle sounds, please let me know!
Oh, and this might be a silly question, but do puppies get hiccups? Twice today when I was holding her, her stomach/lungs were spasming like a hiccup, but no sound was coming out.
And does anyone know of any good stairs to use. Bella wants to be on the couch with us but when I put her up, she likes to walk around and I'm afraid she's going to fall. She already jumped off one time and about scared me to death! But when I looked at the stairs at Petsmart, all of the steps were still too big for her to climb.
Whew! But oh my, how I love my baby! It's amazing how attached I got so quickly! And how attached she got! (while she runs around wildly a lot of the time---I think one of her treats does this) right now she is laying on her back on my lap sleeping. So precious! |