Puppy weekend alone

Well this weekend has seen my fiancé off on her hen weekend, which I have no doubt is going very well. However, this has left me and little Diesel (my 6 week old black Labrador puppy) all alone. So far the weekend has been a mixed bag, what with Diesel deciding he will show off and poo and wee everywhere in front of some guests, deciding that he would now like to chew the sofa and more entertaining, will try to play with the two cats, who seem to hate him…

 Needless to say this weekend has been very entertaining. Diesel, when no one is watching, is getting pretty good at the toilet training, what with being able to poo and wee on the paper left out for him in designated areas (though he dictated these areas to me). So I am thinking, progress is being made….He is also pretty intelligent, he now knows where all the cats toys are and loves to show off to me that he can go find them, drag the box into the lounge and then get all of them out and kill them…He has also mastered getting up onto the sofa, which looking at the height of him and the height of it is very impressive. He has to scale up the front of it like a true mountain legend, though he has had some little falls too. My only concern is that once he is on there he loves to chew the seats and cushions. Now I’m guessing the 10 year guarantee is not going to cover this?

 It was pleasant though today watching the cricket, seeing the little lad running around and slowly getting tired. He scaled up the sofa and laid next to me which was very cute (a camera moment). However, I feel asleep for about an hour, but woke up to see that the sofa wasn’t wrecked, but had a little Diesel sound asleep on it, curled up next to me…..ahhhhh

Now for next week, going to try and move that paper slowly towards the door, see if he still does his business on it…What you think?

A little puppy dog…

Ok this isn’t really related to my normal posts, which are usually work(ish) related. So today, I thought I would share with everyone that a new edition joined the household this weekend. His name is Diesel and he is only 5 weeks. I know, only 5 weeks, didn’t expect him to be here until he was at least 8 weeks, but the vet said was all ok so here he is…

He is a little black lab and is a ball of energy, fun and some destructive power, well for about an hour then he needs another hour + sleep…Which is fine with me, as I am still nursing a horrid feeling body after my Stag weekend….

So far, nothing out of the ordinary to report. The cats don’t seem to like him (we have two cats aged 3), but they haven’t run off or anything as yet. So that’s a good thing. He is, sort of, managing to do his business on the allotted news paper so another positive….I spent a little time online last night reading up on house training your little puppy, and his dedicated room is now full of his toys, his bed and most important of all, 5 tabloid news papers spread out everywhere…

He has however managed to find his little voice, think he found it this morning at around 6:30, treating us to a great rendition of a howling puppy, which this morning was a novelty but if it’s happening every day, one that will ware off very quickly.

Anyway, I must now return to the real working world and get a move on with a desk full of work…I will keep you all posted from time to time on the domestic dog situation as things progress…