Changing Things Up.

Things have been getting worse with Sophie, not better. She is always hungry even though she is being fed the right amounts, not listening, toileting is bad at times too.

Today I decided I'd had enough. I have changed her food. She was on a supermarket brand that I thought was ok. Now she is on Eukanuba. She seems to really like it and the food looks better.

Her treats I have changed. I was giving her chocolate drops but she seemed to be getting over them. She is now getting bacon strips so bring on the training her again! Now Christmas is over I will start spending a lot more time with her.

Toileting. She is now 4 months old. No longer pooing inside but will still wee. If she doesn't wee inside she will go on the door step beside the laundry where she sleeps. It's driving me nuts again! So back to spending 5 minutes every hour outside with her hoping she will go!

How many of you done puppy school with your puppies? I am starting to think she could do with it because of how excitable she is! She is about 10kg now and huge! She jumps up on visitors and just won't leave them alone when she sees them! I am thinking it could help? I would need to get her into one now though for it to do any good.

Back to the vet for this little miss next week too! We have been so busy we completely forgot about her 3rd vax. Woops. Hopefully with the change in diet and the walking I am doing with her he won't be telling me she is a little fat still haha!

The joys of a puppy

Ahh I love having a puppy don't get me wrong but seriously?!?

• 2 pairs of my jandals
• 1 pair of Mackenzie's sandals
• A pair of Mackenzie's frogs (cheap crocs)
• A pair of Mackenzie's slippers
• A pair of Kaitlynn's baby shoes
• Numerous books, newspaper etc.

I thought we were putting things away well apparently not.

A recent photo of her (not a great one but I think it's awesome) :

Finally Getting Somewhere!

We have had Miss Sophie for 10 days now! The first week I was getting driven insane by puppy accidents! Didn't seem to matter what I was doing she refused to do her business outside or even on paper inside!

Over the past 4 days I have been treating her every time she goes outside. I have discovered I need to leave the door between the lounge and entrance open as she wasn't going to the door at all as she didn't associate it with going outside. Finally after two days of having it open she is starting to whinge a little at the door. I think there has been 2 accidents inside today and they have only been wees! YAY!!

She has also started sleeping in the laundry until she can learn to hold on all night. She was just going wherever she felt the need on the floor in our room and we were over being very cautious if getting up in pitch black during the night and standing in something haha!

I am finally able to enjoy having a puppy! She has been a bit naughty with chewing the home phone cord but since giving her a plastic bottle she hasn't been chewing anything else! So finger's crossed I will soon have a toilet trained puppy who will no longer be driving me insane lol! Hoping it doesn't take until she is 6 months old for everything to click coz dam that's still 4 months away!

All these problems aren't the dogs fault at all, I thought it was until D and I started talking. She was kept in a wood box in a shed when we got her (it was snowing when we got her and they were still out there). I really feel for her. Going from somewhere that hasn't tried to train her at all to somewhere with rules! Quite lucky she hasn't destroyed more of the house really considering the background lol.