Blue update #3—3 Months Old!
Our girl Blue is three months old, growing like her life depends on it, and loves spending time with us and her toys.
My favorite things about the past month:
- Blue’s explosive growth
- How she is finally learning that her crate isn’t a negative place
- Watching her run behind a grown dog and how cute and clumsy she looks
- Watching her with my 10 month old nephew and how quickly she has learned to be gentle with him
My least favorite thing:
- How she won’t stop chewing on my bathroom rug
Things I have learned:
- She looooves learning
- She notices when one of us is gone
- She is still a puppy and new to this world
Blue turned three months old on her 13 week birthday! She has changed so much since we brought her home just a few weeks ago. She weighs over twenty-five pounds now and her paws are ginormous. She got her rabies shot and has only one set of shots left in her puppy vaccines.
Around week thirteen, she began to become a little more aware. She recognized that things can be scary, or that she can get hurt, or that some things are unknown. She would get nervous and distrusting of things she didn’t know or understand, and if there was a loud startling noise, she reacted more dramatically than she would have just a week before.
Blue has gotten better since then and is growing in confidence in her own home and den. She got too big to ride on my lap in the car, so she is relearning about car rides by riding in the back and isn’t the biggest fan. She started playing with my sister’s dog, a five year old chocolate lab named Coco, and has so much fun with her in her fenced backyard. Coco is really good with her, being gentle enough but still having fun rough housing and being pups together.
She is growing like a crazy pup! She is super playful, but her eyes will suddenly droop and she absolutely must take a nap. The other day when we were wrapping presents, she couldn’t sleep through the noise so she went to our bedroom to take a nap by herself. That’s the first time she has done that! She always loves being underfoot or napping with her head on our feet.
We are excited to start taking her on walks, to dog parks, and to keep teaching her more things. She loves sitting and laying down, and her new chew toys she got for Christmas are her favorite toys still. She loves her big fluffy bed, but isn’t so sure about baths or being brushed. The last time I had to give her medicine, she did great and ate the whole thing.
Over the next month we expect her to continue growing quickly and hope that we can accomplish more leash training. We hope to get her a fenced backyard ASAP so that she can explore and enjoy, as well as become comfortable outside on her own.
Until next time,
Jamie out.
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