Short post/update

Just wanted to let everyone know, We started crate training our 8 week old Oona the night we got her (Saturday 1-15-11), and tonight is the second night in a row she has "gone to bed" with zero crying/whining!

I don't think 4-5 nights is bad at all! I am proud of my little girl, proud of Nate and Myself for being strong in the face of puppy tears (the most heartwrenching sound I have ever had to endure), and proud of Roslyn for being such a…

Hey Everyone!

It's been a whirlwind couple days, but puppy is home and doing well! She has the most adorable half blue eye!

Housebreaking has been so far pretty simple... but time consuming. I work from home all but 10 hours of the week, so I have a regular schedule that is programed into my phone to remind me to take her out every two hours.

We are using a small pet carrier as a crate currently (I hate dealing with those moving dividers), and she hasn't had any…

Well, I am leaving here in a couple minutes to make the 12 hour round trip to pick up my new 8 week old puppy. It is snowing peacefully outside my window and is a complete contradiction to how I feel inside.

Confession, This will be the first puppy I will have had since my childhood. On top of that, my memory is missing anything having to do with training my first dog (which mind you I had no hand in), and is only focusing on the (now) glaring mistakes I made while caring for…

I have noticed recently (last 2 weeks) Roslyn has started a new behavior.

I have always been quite proud that she is hardly ever destructive (except for the time when she and a friends dog decided that ripping each leg off an octopus toy during tug of war was a good idea), and has always known the difference between her toys and my things.

until recently

Suddenly I find her sleeping on my slippers every morning. Each morning my husband wakes up first to…