Puppy Grace!
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Sunday, December 23, 2018
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Grace
Puppy!!
Not my puppy, but I do get to start her for a few months! The definition of "few" isn't worked out yet :)
Her name is Grace and she's from Zumi's breeder. Actually, she's a puppy from Cougar! Cougar is the little mountain lion I had for just over a month when she was around 4 months old, 2.5 years ago!
Cougar puppy!
Grace is a pretty calm, snuggly puppy, but has actually surprised me with her puppy spunkiness too. Cougar was quite low key for just 4 months old and so far Grace seems a bit more animated. It'll be interesting to see how it progresses!
The first 3 days have mainly revolved around crate training. Crate training is the one thing I just hate about puppies! Grace has quite a large lung capacity and had no problem screaming or whining for hours, but at the same time she's actually quite relaxed.
Grace will eat treats at anytime, and doesn't look remotely panicked in her fits. Just upset!
Most of the time we've worked on the xpen as an easier introduction to being crated. She really is progressing quickly and I expect that in 2 more days she will be completely fine crated or penned. Easy puppy. And she's apologized for ruining Netta's nap!
Since I don't do station training with my dogs, they just get to roam around while another is trained, as long as they don't get in the way, the plan will eventually be the same for Grace. This skill is a big priority for me as I feel I can't devote even my tiny mealtime training with the dogs until the new kid has the rules down!
