Most of it feels quite uneventful, like this in Corona times, but puppies grow and thrive regardless of what happens in the outside world. At least that's what's happening with Boyo – My God, how fast it goes, and how he grows. It's getting really heavy to drag him down the stairs now, especially the times he throws himself backwards into the arms.
Peekaboo, says Boyo on the forest walk yesterday.
Thought I'd draw some easier updates, partly for my own sake, but also for you. 🙂
Room cleanliness
It is moving forward. Now it will go even faster, because Lilo is going to hang out with her little mom all week because I feel a little squeamish. The probability that I contracted Covid-19 is minimal, so i'm not worried, but still. So we have the world's opportunity to practice that thing about holding back – and maybe even start practicing holding himself all the way down when Boyo gets to go down the stairs by himself. He able to go by yourself, but since he can't stay all the way down I carry him for a while even though he's heavy and awkward to lug around.
Indoors it works bra. The only times we risk pee puddles, really, is when Lilo's mother comes to pick her up. Boyo gets so excited that there is easily one or two puddles outside the door in the stairwell. But it will probably happen in the future, I assume. In the same way, I hope we get there soon so I can have a go myself before we go out, because due to meds I always have a terrible need to pee when I wake up. Not to mention I'll soon be taking off my shoes indoors and may not even need to bring them into the bedroom, so that it doesn't get quite as warm around the feet all day and maybe not quite as rubbish inside either.
Boyos mage
He has had a little trouble with my stomach almost all the time since I picked him up. Thankfully, it wasn't this giardia parasite that his friend Mozart has, but he has had diarrhea on and off and most variations of poo consistency in between. When he was at his worst, he had to eat boiled rice and boiled cod for almost a week before I got home the vet food for puppies with dirty stomachs. He sucks on this feed, but soft. Did a bit of googling on the matter, and according to a source I don't remember which one it was at this very moment it's ok if the poo is light brown but a little soft – and that's how it looks right now.
Then a few days I have slowly started reintroducing his regular food, partly because it is not intended that he should eat this veterinary food for any longer period – plus that feed is insanely expensive. We are taking it very slowly and cautiously, so that his stomach can get used to it in peace and quiet. So far it has worked satisfactorily, so I have high hopes that it will turn out well in the end.
However, I will to be quite restrictive with what I let him ingest for quite some time to come. Dry food and liver slices as well as regular chewing bones are perfectly fine, but he will probably have to wait with, for example, marrow bones until I feel that his stomach is as it should be, and besides, it's been a while.
Molly and Boyo
Molly was slightly skeptical when I came home with Boyo and barely showed up for a couple of days. Since then she has softened a lot, even though Boyo sometimes likes to chase her and stands over and pushes her down. I am not ok with this, so I tell him straight up when it happens. After all, Molly grew up with Ella, who didn't take a no for a no, so she's way too kind and doesn't speak up like I think she should (with the claws, in other words).
The most important thing for me is that Molly at least accepts Boyo, and for once I managed to catch up filmed them last night when they were insanely cute. It tells me that Molly doesn't just accept Boyo, but actually like him. He has an energy level that works better with hers, than Ella had – and even then Molly and Ella liked each other very much.
walking
From the beginning where the most important thing is to get him out, preferably without accidents indoors. When you're eight weeks old, you don't need to walk neatly on a leash. You don't even have to know or understand that it's rude for a female to get tangled up in a leash or two.
When you are three months, However, I think it's time to start practicing that a bit more. It's been several weeks since we started practicing that you stay on one side and stop weaving your mat into the leash. He has begun to realize that, which is extremely gratifying because I don't really appreciate getting so caught up between him and Lilo that I almost trip. 😀
Now we have also started to practice not rushing out on the leash just because you can and want to. I want my dog to be able to walk neat and tidy by my side, as well as he must be able to walk neatly and neatly on a long leash. Even though he is only three months old (roughly!) so far, then he will grow up to be quite a large dog. I don't want a big dog that can't walk on a leash, and then it is important to start early. When he reaches the age of defiance, the foundations need to be in place, so that we can deal with them then instead of trying to teach him new things then.
Clock clipping
After my puppy-blooded efforts a couple of weeks ago, the claw trimming has gone much better. He still doesn't like it, but after a bit of a fight, he gives in and realizes that there's no point in mucking about. Math is the toughest, it's that simple. Does she say that the claws must be clipped, the claws are also clipped. However, his claws grow a bit faster than I think, so I have to remember to cut them a little more often – maybe even as much as twice a week.