2 Weeks....

It's officially been two weeks since we added Emily to the mix. Many things have progressed forward in these two weeks. For example, her new nickname is now "Emme" but none of us feel like she knows her name yet. Secondly, Logan wanted to re-name her "Cabela" after his favorite store, but we were worried it was too long of calling her "Emme" and we didn't want to confuse her. Not sure it would really matter at this point in the process. She doesn't seem to come to anything she's called!!!

The crate is totally a success! It took a good week of just enduring the crying and now she's content. The minute she's place inside, she lays down and sleeps.

The potty training is also getting better, but we take her for at least 2 (sometimes 3 walks per day). The only problem area we're experiencing is at night when she sleeps with Logan. He sleeps hard enough not to hear her should she jump off the bed and relieve herself in his room. Other than that, she's is making an effort to find the door and stand there although it's not too consistent and there's no way I fully trust her at this point. However, no accidents in a couple of days.

It's also important to note that I'm getting NOTHING done!!! All I've done is watch the dogs, feed the dogs, walk the dogs. Laundry is piling up, bathrooms are starting to get gross, and garbage cans are overflowing. I'm just hoping that my attentiveness pays off soon.

Oh and did I mention that she's getting BIG fast?!?! OH MY...I can't believe how quickly she's growing. Maybe it's because my only frame of reference is dogs who weigh 7 pounds fully grown, but MAN...I don't think she's going to small like her mother was, which is what I was hoping for--She just may take after her father in that regard.

That being said though, we have been calling her our "gentle giant"...She's so very sweet, mellow, and loving. She seems to know her strength and is so careful around other dogs (especially those smaller than her) and the kids. She LOVES the kids--even those that do not belong to her family. I can hardly get her out of yards that have kids in them. She's truly a companion dog and we're really loving her.

This is harder than I remember...And it's getting OLD

I don't know exactly what it is, but this pup is much harder than I remember ANY of the others being. She's great with the kids, she's calm and mellow, and very easy to train. In fact, just a couple of times did I have to give the "down" command and she's got it, but she cannot SLEEP. I don't know what the problem is, but I'm wearing myself pretty thin these days--not to mention she's keeping the kids and hubby up as well. Because she's been so restless at night and keeping Logan up, I decided to put her crate in Logan's room to see if it kept her need to go outside 3x per night at bay. No such luck. In fact, it was worse than ever!!! She went down at 9 PM and by 11 PM, I was woke up to a barking, howling puppy. This continued for the rest of night. I let her out a total of 3x and finally just let her sleep with me, but she was restless and whiny all night long. Ugh! This is getting OLD!!!