Bug -v- pink squeaky toy

I think its safe to say she has settled in.

Things I had forgotten....

Well I found the missing link. The Bug has landed and after a few days to settle in she has started to make herself at home. The boys are really excited to have her and they even had a fight at 6 am this morning as to who's room Bug is going to play in until Mummy can get her eyes open. So we are now onto taking turns to bug sit.

So at the end of day 3 here are some of the things I had forgotten about having a puppy.

1) dont wake the puppy up at 10 pm to put her out and then expect her to go into a crate for the night straight away

2) worming tablets should be on hand for when puppy comes home

3) to buy chicken wings

4) how much they can scream when they dont want to do something like stay in a crate away from you ( her record is an impressive 70 minutes)

5) the poop

6) that Maverick will never change

7) the poop

8) that even though you know so much - you actually realise that you know so little.

9) sleep is for everyone else in the world except for me

and my favourite thing I had forgotten

10) how soft and loveable the pad of their feet are and how they will roughen over time with all the miles you will walk together in her lifetime.

Something is missing.................

let see if I have everything under control.

cute pink Rogz puppy bed - check

pink collar - check

pink lead - check

pink sheep toy - check

pink puppy kong - check

filling for pink puppy kong - check

lamb ears - check

puppy pen - check

puppy pen assembled in loungeroom - check

puppy food - check

pink puppy toys - check

pink water bowl - check

pink mat to put pink water bowl on - check

puppy - hmmmm......thats what is missing. 7 sleeps to go.

The Bug has been hugged!

Well the Bug has had her hug and it was great to meet her. I am finally home after a long 4 day trip to visit Bug in Victoria and then compete at a 2 day agility trial at Wagga.

When I got there on Friday they were sound asleep but she woke up and after the initial greeting she came out of her shell. She was a bit perplexed to start with when she saw her band new toy ( a monkey) but as you can see from the Movie below, she got over it pretty quickly.

She could not figure out how to carry it as it had such a big head but after the video stopped rolling she went back and took it on again.

She is going to be bigger than Ben and a medium height dog I think with a thick coat and she will be jetting up on a plane to Sydney for me to collect her when she is 8 weeks old. So only 3 1/2 weeks to go and any type of sanity I may have had ( which is not much I assure you) will be gone and chaos shall quickly follow.

what do you think?

Bug at 3 weeks

I am amazed at how much she is changing just in a few weeks. Her colours are more prominent and I think she is going to be a really interesting dog to watch grow. I am getting very excited as I am going to visit her on Friday and I will get to "hug my Bug". Then 4 weeks after that life in our house will change as we know it.

bug at 6 days

Kerrie sent through some photos of the girl at 6 days and we are very excited. She says she has "racoon eyes" and I could not have asked for a better colour. Just perfect

Bug is Born

After a very long wait of three months, I finally opened the email that I have been waiting for. Diamond the bitch I was waiting for to have puppies had 5 healthy boys - BOYS! I could only take a girl due to the house being over run with males so luckily for me another litter was born the day before with Diamonds sister Sassie and she had 2 boys and 2 girl.

Instantly, one of the girls took my eye and due to a few unusual circumstances, Bug was ours. Here she is with her brothers and sisters at 3 days old. I just fell in love with her colours and she looks "interesting". I may live to regret those words.....