Author: Stephanie

The importance of animal welfare is at the top of my list, with lions being in the forefront. There is a lot to be accompomlished and collectively the roar will be louder. That and my best friend a border collie named Seven.
sally

sally

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mum had to do that work thing again, so into the crate i went but a short time after a human friend came to let me out so i could do pee time and then we played and i thanked him by giving him lots of kisses. but i did have to go back into by crate until mum came home and then it would be play time again! 

i hear mum’s car and start to get excited because i know she will be coming through that door any moment which she does.  i am now out of my crate giving her hugs and kisses and then over to the door for pee time. when the door opened and i stepped outside. there was another dog. a big white and black one. i know i am a big brave border collie but i was kind of scared and pee’d on the step.  mum says her name is sally and she sometimes comes to stay with us when her human mum has to go away. we immediately went for a walk down the laneway and i did not go far from mum’s side. well that lasted about 5 minutes and now i follow sally everywhere, hope she doesn’t mind. we even slept together on mum’s big bed, how cool is that?
today will be lots of fun with my new friend sally, maybe she will teach me a few things while she is here. well that’s what mum says! mum also said that there are many more friends that i will meet, i can’t wait!  
i forgot to tell you i now weigh 20 pounds. i am growing really fast and yes i poop a lot!
my new friend sally
the vet

the vet

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yesterday was different. this really nice lady came to visit us and apparently she is my doctor and she is called a vet. what’s really nice is she kept giving me little treats.  what’s not so nice is she poked me with something really sharp.  mum told me i have to have these shots every once and awhile so i won’t get sick. i’m not really sure what that means but it doesn’t sound too good, so i will let them poke me, just a little though!  she gave mum all this stuff to read about bringing up a puppy but i know my mum has done this before, so i am not worried, i know she is doing things the right way, least that’s what i think!

my puppy training is continuing.  i had a big poop in the house this morning, sorry mum but i’m blaming it on those shots, they did funny things to my tummy and i just couldn’t hold it.  i tried to wake you but you wouldn’t listen. i will though try to remember to ring the bell instead of just staring at the door.  see mum bought these bells that she put on the door for me to ring when i need to pee or poop but i keep forgetting. so much to learn but i am because i am a border collie and we learn things really quickly but we do have a stubborn side to us as well.

i have discovered these two very big balls outside. mum calls them basket balls but to me they are just great big toys to play with.  i have decided that they must always be togther but it can be a little difficult, i’m working on that one.

my big toys, the basketballs

fetch

fetch

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mum had to do that work thing all weekend.  as usual i woke her up at 5am because i really had to pee and usually we go back to bed for a little nap but no, she made me stay up.  i don’t really understand as it was still dark outside. i watched mum intently doing her thing but all i really wanted was to go back to sleep.  finally it ws no longer dark and we went for a our usual walk down the lane for poop time.  talking of poop time, all this white stuff that mum calls snow is starting to disappear and i am wondering where i am suppose to do my poop thing when it all goes.  guess i will figure it out, i am a border collie! puppy training is hard, but i am getting better.

when mum goes to work, she has to put me in my crate.  i know she does not like to but i will get up to far too much mischief if she does not.  one nice thing though is after a little nap, the door opens and one of my new friends comes to let me out for a pee and we play for a bit, then back in my crate til mum gets home.  by then all i want to do is play of course.  poor mum is tired but i pay no attention to that at all.  i am so happy to see her i try to lick her face over and over.  i think she likes it.

fetch is our new game.  we take the squeaky toy outside and mum throws it as far as she can.  i chase it, catch it and bring it right back to her so she can do it all over again.  she is so proud of me and says that i am such a good boy.  it’s no big deal mum, just doing what border collies do.

i have also learnt the words “no bad boy”.  i am very quiet when mum says that.  i will try my best so she will not have to say it often. some things scare me a little like the other night we were out for pee time and i heard coyotes, at least that is what mum said.  i forgot about pee time and ran back to the door to come inside where it is safe. one day i know i will bark back at them and then they will be scared but not quite yet!  and a paper bag but i conquered that one.

my shadow the wolf, my ancestor

fun filled week

fun filled week

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lots has gone on this week, mum has been home all week, she did not have to do that work thing which i really like. so mum and i have been really busy. of course puppy training seems to be most important thing right now.  honest mum, you are learning just as i am.  mum keeps telling me to be more vocal when i stand at the door, not too sure what she means by that. we’ll figure it out i am sure.  yesterday i started to run down the laneway by myself, mum did not like that very much.  but i was trying to tell mum how brave a border collie i am becoming, wonder why she didn’t like it?

the squeaky toy mum let me bring home is so much fun. sure is loud! and we have this new game now called fetch.  mum holds squeak and i stare at it with all my might.  she then throws it to the corner and i bring it back close to her and just stare at it until she throws it again.  when she doesn’t throw it to me i make it squeak louder and push it to mum.  pretty sure this is what border collies do because mum says i am a very good boy.

me, toffee and mum

yesterday i met a new friend. her name is toffee and she is really big and i was a little scared and hid beside mum or under toffee’s car. mum says i will be seeing lots of toffee but can we wait till i am a little bigger please? i am sure there will be no stopping us soon though.
lucy and i

both our cats are acting very strange.  mum says they are now both “on heat”.  but they let me hold them and give them love nips. honest, i won’t hurt them mum.  wonder if they will continue to let me do this?  at night time, they sneak up on the bed to sleep with mum and i.  thank goodness mum has a really big bed!
puppy training and kittens

puppy training and kittens

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i have to admit i am getting pretty good at this pee and poop thing.  about every 5 hours i do have to pee so my mum says that my little bladder is getting stronger. of course when we go for walk i pee as much as i can, i’m pretty sure that’s what border collies do. we have to mark our territory to let everyone know that we are around and this is my home.  but poor mum, i wake her up every morning at 5am and it is still dark outside but i know i must not pee on the bed! we do go back to bed for another little nap.  well mum tries but i keep biting her head because i think it’s play time.  when we do get up, i have learned that if i sit by the door and look at her, she gets the hint that it is poop time.  mummy training is going well i would say.  mum did get mad at me though the other day.  she let me outside to pee, but i did not.  when i came inside i went straight to the bedroom and peed on the floor and looked at her with a little smirk on my face. she called me a bad puppy and pointed her finger at me, this sign i am understanding is a no no! i was naughty. best not do that again. 

i am making friends with our 2 kittens. well perhaps they are adjusting to me.  yes i chase them but i think they understand that i am playing.  nosey bats me on the head with her paws but does not hurt me.  lucy still hisses at me if i get too much. that will change i am sure. they jump up very high, don’t think i will be able to do that or at least don’t think i should.
yesterday we went to this really big store that has shelves full of food for me. i really liked this place. there were all sorts of toys and treats too.  i wanted them all. mum did let me bring one home and it squeaks when i play with it and i talk back! wonder how long the squeak will last?  mum throws it into the corner, i chase it and am starting to bring it close to her and she throws it again.  i’m going to like this game.
playtime in the snow
chuck and yummy marrow bones

chuck and yummy marrow bones

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my mum got a message from my first human mum and she gave us an update on my brother, chuck.  he seems just like me. playing and biting, trying to learn the pee and poop thing, and basically being a very cute and mischievious border collie puppy.  i can’t wait to see him this summer, we will have so much to tell each other. do you think he will remember me? and i will get to see my real mum and dad too. hope they will like how big and brave i will be by then. maybe they can teach me a few things, or be aloof as border collies can be!  here’s a picture of my brother chuck, look at that face!  bet we could get into all sorts of mischief!

chuck, my brother

yesterday we went for a short car ride and mum left me in the car while she went into this big building.  i watched intently at the door waiting for her to come back to the car.  when she did she was carrying these bags of food! when we got home, she opened a package and gave me what is called a marrow bone. they are so so good.  when i had finished chewing my little heart out i tried to hide it in the couch but mum was having none of that. better find another spot and make sure the kittens don’t find it.

oh and mum did let me sleep on the big bed last night but i woke her up at 5am because i really had to pee.  i wanted to go back to bed but mum was awake now so i couldn’t! we waited till daylight and off we went down the lane for poop time.  it had snowed again last night. i love running through fresh snow nose first, chuck you should try it!

yummy marrow bone

getting dizzy

getting dizzy

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i am getting very good at not pooping in the house. mum takes me outside very shortly after we wake up and we head down the laneway. there are lots of places to poop, so every morning i find a new spot.  mum praises me when i do.  i love my mum.

but sometimes accidents do happen, i am still a border collie puppy in training.  last night, well first thing this morning before the sun came up, i had to pee really really bad and i was trying to wake mum up but it wasn’t working.  sorry mum, i couldn’t hold it any longer. i hope that she still lets me sleep on the big bed tonight.

those kittens are constantly teasing me by jumping up on things so i cannot reach them.  they don’t seem to like it too much when i try to herd them into a corner.  but this though is what i do, i herd. here’s a little video that mum took of me and nosey, me trying to make sure she does not jump down.

getting dizzy

little escape artist

little escape artist

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bet you have been wondering where i have been for a couple of days. i have been busy. so much is going on!

my mum is trying to teach me to pee and poop outside. i understand. think i am close to teaching her when i have to go outside to do the pee and poop thing but maybe i should be a little more vocal. i’ll work on that one.

outside is HUGE. there is so much to do, so much to smell, i don’t know where to start. and now i see things up in the sky, mum calls them birds, and of course i try to chase them to no avail. i am also small enough to get through the fence into the great big open space.  my mum doesn’t like that and keeps calling me to “come here”.  i will once i have caught that bird.

at night time when it’s pee and poop time, it’s really dark and mum does not want me to wander far, so she puts this collar on me with a leash that i constantly try to chew so i won’t go very far. of course then i forget to pee.  i don’t like the collar so i promise i won’t go far.

sometimes mum has to leave, it’s this thing called work. she doesn’t like putting me a crate although i don’t mind it too much.  last night she put me in the bathroom with my crate and a gate at the door.  this way i have my sleeping spot and a room to play in. well i managed to get over the gate and greeted mum at the door.  she was impressed that i did not chew anything nor leave any pee and poop. but was worried that i might have hurt myself. wonder what will she will do next time she leaves? she has called me the little escape artist!

i’ll leave you with this picture, it’s the cat’s toy and i love it!  lots going to happen today, i can feel it in my bones!

i must i must destroy!

cuteness

cuteness

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right now i seem to be all about cuteness. well take a look at the picture below and you tell me. my mum keeps telling me that i am the cutest border collie. but i bet all mums and dads out there that have border collie puppies say the same thing. we are just full of cuteness.

another car ride today. i was really tired after a morning of exploring but was definitely up for a car ride. mum took me to a couple of places. in and out of the car to recieve kisses and hugs from everyone. i really like car rides. i wanted to get down from her arms but mum was concerned that i might pee on their carpet and then i may not be invited back, don’t want that to happen.

my pee time and poop time, well it’s hard to hold sometimes but i am getting better and my mum praises me all the time when i do it in the snow. i am doing my best to understand humans, they are quite strange at times.

my crate, my little home when mum is not here. thank goodness she does not leave for too long and she leaves music on for me too. wonder if i could give her requests?

and the best thing that happened today was that i discovered puddles!!

cuteness 

mummy’s boy

mummy’s boy

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yes, i admit it, right now i am a mummy’s boy. i just love all those cuddles and kisses i get.  when we go for walks, i make sure i am right there beside her. my mum keeps telling me what a good boy i am. and when srange people come to visit, i am right by her side where i suppose to be.

i learnt two things today. one was lots of fun the other was not.

first, i don’t mind being in my crate but i sure don’t like it when my mum leaves. she left me for what seemed hours and hours but infact was only two apparently but i was howling when she got back and really happy to see her. later she left me again but the music was still on and no howling this time but i was tired this afternoon cos i didn’t have my nap!  and i had to help shovel all this white stuff called snow. i tried to help by barking at the shovel, is this the right thing to do?

and second, when it’s pee time now, i will go down the step by myself and i have discovered that i can play hide and seek with mum by running around the garage.  all the time i hear her calling my name and i know i should come but there is so much to explore i get side tracked. honest, mum i know where the front door is, i won’t wander far, promise.

oh and lucy our cat is meowing like crazy, my mum says she’s in heat, doesn’t sound very nice. she has even come up to me when she thinks i am asleep and puts her nose to mine.  i let her cos i know we are going to be really good friends very soon.

so much has gone on today, i really am tired. wonder what tomorrow will bring.

rough day in the hood

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