More on Lucy

Lucy's growing fast.  She is over 5 lbs now, 25% increase from when we got her.  She went to the vet and got some shots and the vet says everything else about her is very healthy!! 

We don't want to forget the cute things she does as a puppy.  Like she is not heavy enough to create friction on our hardwood floors - so she slips out when she tries to sit still.  And she likes to drink from a Dixie cup in the bathroom.  And loves to hang out at the foot of our bed. 

Lucy's growing!

Lucy is growing quickly!  She can go on a long walk now (1 mile today!), and responds to Sit along with Come and Lucy.  She is pretty good with the housebreaking unless Mom and Dad mess up her schedule.  She seems to like her crate more and more, although she doesn't ever walk into it herself.  Last night when we came home from dinner we heard her howling, but we think it's just because she heard us talking outside the bedroom window.

Lucy is still very happy to play with anyone who stops to talk to her, kids and grownups.  She is friends with Lola, the Frenchie next door, and Scout - her cavapoo cousin who visited this weekend.  Also Tess, the lab on the corner.  Even the biggest dogs don't scare her. 

Tomorrow Jen the dog walker comes to take Lucy out for the first time.

Lucy Has Arrived!

Lucy has come home!  She is adorable and friendly.  She is also a handful and a lot of work.   She came home Saturday, so it's been about 5 days.

Here's what we know so far:

We made a mistake with her crate the first night by not showing it to her and not putting it in our bedroom.   She doesn't mind going in now but still cries if someone leaves the room.  We have not left her alone yet.  When she is in the crate, she presses her body up against the grate in the front - I think about it as her trying to go through a pasta machine! 

When she sleeps, she dreams, or at least she twitches and moves a lot.

Lucy likes carrots and not dog treats.  Maybe she is reading Michael Pollan!

Lucy is a biter - we need to learn to train her better on that.

Lucy knows where to pee, most of the time.  We take her out often and she uses the little garden in front of our house.

What she does not know is where to poo - that is still something we are working on.

She went from barely eating and drinking to doing just fine with both now. 

Sometimes she likes to go for a walk, but it take a million hours because she stops to talk to every person who goes by.  She isn't too interested in other dogs - yet.  She is ok around toddlers who want to play pretty rough.

When she hears a noise, she stops moving and 'points', lifting one of her front paws and sitting entirely straight up.  She hates buses and airplanes because they are very loud.