On Her Own

Ellie is just about 8.5 months now and so well-behaved that I've started giving her free run of the apartment when I go to work. She's been a marvelous little angel, but she always has been.

The first week she was home, she tried to chew on the entertainment center and desk, but a firm "no" put a stop to that right away and she hasn't touched the furniture since. Then she tried to chew on cords, but again a "no" nipped it in the bud. She was housebroken in a week (at four months) and only cried in her crate the first day. She doesn't frap much and doesn't talk back. She's a dream.

For the past two weeks, I've crated her in the morning, came home for lunch and a walk, and left her out when I went back to work. Today, I left her out all day (with a walk at lunch). We'll see how she did when I get home, but I expect she'll have just taken another nap.

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Comment by Heather & Ellie on May 8, 2013 at 7:12am: @rae My apartment is only about 880 sq. ft. so I didn't see the point in putting up gates, but if I had a larger house I would have started slower. I've noticed that Ellie usually just goes to sleep behind the couch or in her crate. Her toys are left untouched while I'm gone.

@Ludi She did great yesterday, so we'll keep to the schedule. Ellie has her quirks and bad habits like all dogs do, but I'd say, yes, I got incredibly lucky. Always take the runt of the litter! Both of my dogs have been runts and I think they're the perfect dogs for me.

Comment by rae on May 7, 2013 at 8:39pm: that's awesome! we're still unsure about letting machete have free run of the house, but he's so well behaved. well he'd have free run of about a room and a half, when we do. lots of puppy gates and stuff.

Comment by Ludi on May 7, 2013 at 8:27pm: I hope she's done well too! You sound like you're well on your way to having a perfect angel of a dog. If only every puppy was this easy this early! Ellie is exceptional. :-)