The Sewing Mom

My daughter has named the puppy, her new name is Plinko.  Anyone who’s ever watched the Price is Right will know what Plinko is.  The puppy had a good day yesterday, took 3 naps and played a lot with my daughter and her friend.  My daughter worked all with her all day teaching her to sleep in her bed which is inside of her crate.  We played with her extra hard in the evening just to make sure she was really tired.  She went to bed around 9:30 last night and amazingly, slept through the night!  At least I think she did, I was so tired myself that I was out like a rock!  I woke up at 6:15 this morning to some little cries.  She was awake and so excited to see me this morning!  She had tinkled in her crate once, but went outside as soon as I let her this morning and did all of her business outside.    She is just so funny to watch.  I wanted to post these pictures so everyone can see how comfortable this puppy is in her new home.  These both show how she sleeps in her new bed.

We made it through our first night with the new puppy, barely!  Actually, she went to bed pretty easily, fell asleep right outside of her crate at 9:15 last night.  My daughter placed her in the crate and she fell asleep after only a little whining.  About 1:30 in the morning she was crying so I took her outside where she pottied and then I put her back in her crate and headed for beaded.  She cried fairly loudly for about 10 minutes and then fell back asleep.  Not for long though.  I woke up to crying again at 2:30 and tried to repeat the earlier routine, but this time, after going outside, she decided she wanted to play, not sleep.  I tried leaving her in her crate but the noise was horrible.  Before long, the whole family was up trying to figure out what to do.  Eventually, around 3:30, she got tired again.  I got her back in her crate where she whimpered for about 5 minutes and then we all went back to bed.  It would’ve been a great moring to sleep in, but unfortunately, hard as he tried not to, my husband woke up the puppy as he was trying to leave to go to work just before 7 am.  My daughter and I both got up then and began our day. 

Things are going pretty smoothly so far today.  My daughter is working really hard with the dog and our goal today is to teach her to sleep in her bed inside her crate.  She’s currently on her second nap of the day and she’s in the crate, asleep, with her paws hanging out the open door.   She’s so funny, she likes to lay in her bed with her head hanging out and she looks almost like she’s doing a headstand!  I can’t get a picture of that now because the batteries went dead on my digital camera and I can’t get to the store just yet. 

Our new puggle puppy is here!  We picked her up from the breeder late this afternoon.  She is absolutely adorable and my daughter is having so much fun with her.  We are so happy to have this new addition.  We’ll see how I feel tomorrow after our puppy’s first night of sleeping by herself in her crate!  She doesn’t have an official name yet, we’re waiting to see more of her personality before making a final decision

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