Another Week Bites The Dust!

One would think that after waiting for nearly 20 years for their dream dog, that three weeks wouldn't seem like such a bloody long time. Guess again. The seconds, minutes, hours, and days crawl by at a snail's pace. Anticipation continues to build, and Mike is finally as excited(if not more) than I am! Who'd have thought?! There has been one distinct positive to having so much time to wait before we get Puck, and that is the amount of research Mike and I are getting done in preparation. We will be capable of making educated decisions on what type of food to get, when to feed, how much to feed, when to exercise, how much exercise is needed, ect. I knew that Danes were a more demanding breed, but we have found out so much stuff that it would be very easy to overlook and never learn over the span of a dane's lifetime. We have started doggy boot camp for Bear so that he is ready for the puppy too! The different exercises we are working on came from "Be The Pack Leader" by Cesar Millan. I have been learning a lot about the difference between Discipline and Punishment, as well as the idea that human's often place human thoughts and emotions on their pet, which isn't fair to the animal because they are not human. I have been working at treating Bear like he is a dog that has instinctual needs and not like another member of the family with human needs. It's been 3 days so far and he already seems more at ease and much happier.(not to mention more obedient!) That's about it for the house update, now onto the puppy update! Kathrine sent me yet another picture(above). In this picture Puck(Copper) is 6 weeks old. He has grown about 3lbs since his last picture, and currently weighs 11.7 pounds! That's the skinny for now, there will only be two more of these updates before we are posting pictures of Puck in our home! Be well and thanks for reading!