Adrian: Week Two

Well, it has officiall been two and a half weeks since we brought Adrian home and what a whirlwind it has been!  She still isn't fully housebroken, but is getting better--for the most part!  We will be away this weekend for Kirby's birthday so I'm hoping a few days at Grandma's house will do the trick!  She's an ace at housebreaking dogs.

Adrian is coming out of her shell and acting more like a normal puppy now, even though she's still really skittish at times.  She's warming up to people better and had a good weekend this past weekend in Milan.  She did well with all the other people and dogs and got a good play session in with her dog-cousin Hank.  They are closer in size so she reeally tore it up with him.  Her meeting with Big dan went better than expected, but he did get a few swipes in on her.  She gave him his space after that. 

She and Rocky are bonding more, or rather she's bonding more with Rocky.  She loves laying next to him at the shop or the house when there isn't a person to sit with.  Also, she's getting much more comfortable with Kirby and even migrates over to his side of the bed at night sometimes, so I'm going to have to work extra hard to keep her as "my dog!"  I sort of expected that eventually, but not this soon.  She's still a mama's baby most of the time, though. 

Got her toe nails clipped for the first time and did great, but bath time isn't so fun.  I have to wash her in the sink she's so small and her favorite game is to try and jump out of the sink.  Not cool. 

All in all its been a good experience still so far.  The housebreaking can be frustrating at times but I'm remaining patient.  Kirby, not so much!  Haven't really worked on many more commands, but she is getting the hang of "stay" and "wait" just through the normal course of things.  "No" is starting to sink in, too.  I got the Tornado and Brick out on a whim the other night and she aced those with flying colors on the 3rd try for both, which was amazing since she doesn't seem to be as food driven as Rocky. 

More next week!