Inside the Head of a TV Junkie

Well, Beezus is now 12 weeks old.  She just went in for her next to land round of shots.  She loves everyone so the visit to the vet was not as big of a deal as it could have been.  I’m hoping that she continues to love everyone and doesn’t turn into the kind of scare-dee cat that Olive is.  We’ll soon see.

Next up is her final shots at 16 weeks, rabies shot and then she’ll be fixed in mid January.

In other puppy news, she hasn’t peed in the house in a week.  Crate training seems to be working well. She messes her crate more than I would like but I’m going to try a new schedule.  She poops at 1am and sometimes at 3 am.  When she doesn’t do it at 3, she usually poops in the create.  I’ve got to change that.  Also, this past week she only peed in her crate one day and that was Friday.  All things considered, she’s doing great on the whole potty training.

Call me crazy but I only want the best for my dogs.  I have been feeding them Canidae but I have been reading some troublesome reports on the internet of bad batches of dog food making it into circulation with dire consequences for the dogs that ingested it.  So now I’m a bit freaked about the brand.  I was thinking that I should switch it up to something new, but researching high quality dog food is not easy!

Do any of you, my readers, have suggestions?

I was thinking of going with Orijin, Chicken Soup for the Dog Lovers Soul or Innova EVO.

The hardest part about having a new puppy is dealing with the frustration that comes with it. I find myself frustrated with the dog when she has an accident in the house. I know it’s not really her fault because she is so young and that the training process is not something that happens over night. You think you’re making headway in the right direction and then accidents happen and you feel dejected and that you’ve made absolutely no progress. Can you see how this would become exceedingly frustrating?

I also can’t recall how long it took for Olive to get the hang of the whole house training thing. It was almost a year ago that we were going through the process with her so my memory isn’t so good. She’s such a good dog now that it’s hard to think back to when she was just learning.

Anyway, I know that it will get better and that it is only a matter of time before Beezus catches on is just as good as Olive is. Fingers crossed she’ll learn faster since she has a role model in Olive and because I’ve gone through the whole process before.

On a positive note, Beezus seems to be getting the hang of “sit” and I think that, with a few more days of training, she’ll be an expert!

Olive has learned how to roll over! YouTube clip below!  (My apologies for the bad lighting)