Week Ten-PHOTOS!!!

"Can we come in now????"

I think I need to clean my patio doors!!! Here are all three beggars, begging to get in. Ziva is now taller than the two eleven pound rat terriers!

Look at the mitts on this puppy!!! She is going to be one huge girl!!!

Get that ball Ziva!!!

"Mommy, why are you making funny noises at me?"

I took Ziva in the car to get Tommy again. She is still so calm about it all! She does whine a little tiny bit, but she settles right down and doesn't seem to mind it much at all! We also met the neighbor across the street and one of the contractors that was working on the carport today. There was a noisy compressor, an air hammer, and a saw, all being used. I went around the work site and Ziva looked but did not freak out at any of it. What a confident little girl!!!

Week Ten

Ziva is doing great. She still sleeps through the night and we even tethered her next to the bed one night, instead of locking her in her crate. She has not had an accident in the house yet. She has peed on the porch a few times, instead of making it down the steps to the yard. We are working on that with MORE positive praise when she does her business in the yard.

Yesterday we practiced riding in the car to get my son at school. She was very well behaved! She was tethered to the seat belt and she looked out the window a few times. Mostly she just laid down on the seat and rode quietly.

She is doing great on the leash. We can tie her to something and she doesn't fight it. She is very trusting. She is a bit rough with the cats still. I wish our cats were meaner. They just lay down and let her chew on them. She must have a soft mouth because they don't complain or move! lol

The neighbors had a rummage sale this weekend and we went over to let people pet her and to keep working on the socializing training. She was loving all the attention, but did stay RIGHT by my side.

This week we will keep practicing the car rides, short walks on the street, more positive praise for peeing in the yard, and more handling. (bathing, nail clipping, fingers in the ears, fingers in the mouth, and examining her teeth.

Moving on....

Ziva is doing well. Still no accidents in her crate at night. She is learning to walk on a leash now. She barked at a repairman that was here yesterday. I need to get her out, walking in the neighborhood more so she gets more socialization with people. I don't want her taking on strangers!!!

I am still having to carry her down the porch steps or she will pee on the porch. She is such a Velcro pup that she won't leave my side when I am sitting on the porch either. This is one part of puppy training that I am looking forward to being over and done with!!!