Re: sleeping & training begins...

[Gina Heitz <brier@oregonsbest.com>]

At 07:12 PM 9/2/01 -0700, you wrote:
>I find that this is the most common misconception that new puppy owners
>have. They do not realize how much puppies sleep. Here are some hints
>for a good night sleep. GET your puppy up and awake an hour before
>bedtime to tire him/her out again. Play with them a bit, or else they
>WILL wake up just before you are ready for bed, and want to play. After
>all, they just slept all day.
>  And, always remember, the puppy that is asleep under the table, will
>wake up when you leave the room!! It will, never fails. And it WILL
>peepee on the floor when you are gone!
>
>  LOL!! LOL!! Have fun with your puppies everyone!
>
>                               Ilene

IIene,

Thank YOU Thank YOU so very much for jumping in with these words of wisdom!

  A note about Blue [Xena? Bonnie?] and Miss no name Yellow, yes Yellow has 
no name still...  Yesterday they ran a muck in the house while the big dogs 
were out trying to kill the neighbors chickens, more on that down the 
page.  Then we took them for a car ride around town, made a few stops let 
them sit in the crate while George went in the store, I stayed behind to 
keep the AC running so they would not get to warm.  Got them out and walked 
them around in the back 40 of the parking lot to see the big city sights 
and sounds... Took them over to visit with our 86 year old friend Diane who 
only has a cat, was a two fold visit, fun for everyone and training for the 
pup's, a diffrent yard with different smells and things to climb on and 
eat....  So if you have not today would be a good day to take your puppy on 
an outing!!!  Just keep it simple but do something different today.

Onto the chicken story:

Being a bit rural has it's disadvantages sometimes.....  We have some 
neighbors that well are less than responsible with their animals.  Chickens 
running a muck able to fly and get into our yard.  This does not work well 
for us needless to say.  Yesterday ALL the dogs were out, there was 17 dogs 
running a muck and one stupid chicken...  Chicken was rescued by George but 
shall we say he/she will not be flying over the fence again anytime 
soon.  His butt is bald, no feathers left at all, but hey I hear him 
crowing right now so I guess his pride might be a bit bruised but his yap 
is still able to crow...  The major players in the get the chicken game 
were:  Scarlette, SeaJay, Gidget, AmEx and Lucy who all had feathers 
between their teeth....

It's never dull,

Gina