Puppy Woahs

Wow. Two entries in a row!? I can’t believe it! [I am even about to post a third one right after this!] There is just too much going on an instead of boring you with a really long entry, I’m going to post a few.

Many of you are probably wondering how our little bundle of joy is doing. Well, we are still trying to break his puppy habits (which is exhausting), but he is doing pretty great! Still as adorable as ever.

1. He knows his name. Well. Kind of. Sometimes I feel like he thinks his name is “NoMurphy” because we get on to him all of the time for chewing on this and playing with that and jumping up on something else. But it’s a victory when you call him and he comes.

2. We have new tricks! We can now shake, fetch just about everything including shoes, and we’re currently working on sit. He has so much energy!

3. House training is progressing with slight regressions here and there. We go days without having accidents in the house, and then we have two nights in a row of crate accidents. It’s a never-ending battle. We have to keep reminding ourselves that he is still a puppy and our victories are outweighing the relapses. The biggest issue we have is cleaning up constantly and giving him a million baths. But at least we have yet to have a #2 accident in the house! (I am currently knocking on wood. And yes, I just went there with that overshare.)

4. Puppy day care is starting in a couple of weeks. Yep everyone, we are spoiling him with this! Judge us all you want, but when living in an apartment and having both of us with full-time responsibilities (again, more to come in the next entry about this one), he needs a place to go during the day. And we need to have him without pent-up energy when we get home at night. We found a place that will do it for really inexpensive!

5. He swims. We have gone to the pool a few times and he loves it. He won’t jump in on his own yet, but he will swim with little assistance and sit on the first step on his own. Hopefully he will be a great water dog!

I think that’s all the updates in the puppy world for now. He requires so much of our attention but we love him more and more each day. And when we have kids one day, they will love him too.