Training the Puppy

So this week has been interesting. We have had our new puppy for about a week now, and he is so smart! As the week has gone on, he has had fewer and fewer accidents. After the first night, he doesn't bark when we go to bed. He whimpers a little bit, but not too loud usually.

Our cat Bella gets along with him very well. They play together all the time :-) Our cat loves to tease him while he is in his crate, or on his leash. She will lounge just out of his reach!

We can give him a bath today, so I'm pretty happy about that. He got neutered just before we adopted him, and we had to wait a week so his inscision could heal.

I just took him for the longest walk we have gone on yet, 1.25 miles. He's getting better about being scared of everything. The cars still unnerve him a bit, but he no longer stops walking cowering from them as they go buy.

We got a Puppy!

This is our new puppy! We haven't decided what to name him yet. The Richmond County Animal Control named him Duffy, but we didn't like that name. Right now, I'm just calling him Puppy. We picked him out yesterday. It was pretty much between him and his brother, and he was the smaller of the two. I just thought he might need us more :-).
He was really sleepy yesterday, probably due to all the excitement, but since I took him outside at 0500 this morning, he has been pretty energetic. I took him for a short walk as well, and he did that pretty much without a problem. I think he will be a great running partner when his legs get a bit longer! For now we will just stick to the walks.
He has only had one accident so far, so I think we are doing pretty well. No accidents this morning, and each time that I have taken him outside, he goes to the bathroom faster and faster. The treats in my pocket probably have something to do with that!
They told us that he is a lab mix. Then they told us that all that really means is that they don't really know. We can tell by his paws that he will be a good sized dog though. I'm excited to watch him grow. I'm not sure they got his age right. They said 3 months old, but we met a pitbull mix yesterday who was only 9 weeks, and she was a little bigger than him. Oh well, we will see.
He has done fairly well with our cat, Bella. She seems to be doing pretty well with him. We haven't had any chasing incidents so far. He wants to play with her, but he doesn't seem to understand that cats don't play that way, and that she is not a puppy. She is a grown up cat :-)