Week Three on the Homeland

To the few of you who may in fact read my rabble...

Apologies for the weeks off - I have to work and the other dog owners are leaving this blog to me, despite them requesting I create it! At least they are updating things on his Facebook page!!!

Humphrey has now been with us for two and a half weeks, and good lord it has gone quickly! He is full of character and is fitting into family life well.

Some Pupdates:
1. Crate training - absolute failure here, Humphrey eats in his crate and is forcefully put in there for short periods of time to allow us to shower, clean, or the occasional gym session. I have at times caught him lying in there of his own accord but the instant you shut the door the wailing begins and I guess you could say we are too bloody soft.

2. Other training - He's doing well here, he knows 'SIT' and "Come here" and 'Leave it' Not that he leaves it the little bugger that he is. The in house accidents are down to a minimum, no number two's and the odd wee if we miss the signature 'Widdle walk!'  He is now responding to a whistle if we call him and miraculously managed to spend some time off the lead on a short walk this week.

3. Socialising - Humphrey loves people, make a fuss of him and he will get seriously excited, bless him, however scare him and he runs away.
 - Things he is scared of... The Hoover! Umbrella's! Loud noises from the kitchen! Dogs running past him at high speeds! Obviously we are working with him to make sure these don't develop into large fears. He has spent sometime with another dog in the family, Bruce, Humphrey is desperate to play with Bruce (who is about 10 times his size) when he is still, Unfortunately Bruce doesn't bat an eyelid at Humphrey and isn't a fan of his outrageous levels of excitement. On the few occasions Bruce has shown willingness to play, Humphrey has run off and hid behind the sofa!

4. STAIRS - He has learned how to climb these, on a number of occasions when we have been unable to find them, he has taken himself upstairs and hidden away in my room! Needless to say the stair gate is now on until we can be 100% sure that he is house trained!

He has his second jabs this week and will be able to do a lot more socialising after this!

Humphrey is actually for a 12 week old puppy, incredibly well behaved, he is mostly chilled out and sleepy and will happily play on his own, as I am writing this he is asleep on the floor by my feet.

He loves all of his toys but mostly we have learned "Don't touch the duck" as the duck is his favourite toy.


 The only issue we have had is that he makes a run for the front door the instant it is opened. We almost lost him once as he absolutely loves being outdoors. Which brings me to my final point.

SNOW!!!!

The 'beast from the east' may well be Humphrey's favourite event of the year. Unlike any of our previous dogs who hated the cold and rain, Humphrey has had an absolute whale of a time in the snow, he loves it!!! So I attach a video for you to enjoy! Along with a couple of pictures to show just how comfortable Humphrey is in our home!

Until next time...