Every dog owner knows exactly what I mean by this, it is the time when one's puppy is utterly out of control and bounces around the house like a maniac! Some people may call it 'Witching hour' either way Humphrey goes absolutely bonkers!
His normal Frankenpuppy activity of choice is to attack fingers and toes of the person closest to him, which at the moment seems to be me! I can not wait for him to lose the razor sharp puppy teeth because by gosh does it hurt! I try to distract him by throwing his toys for him, he just brings them back and uses them as a diversion to attack my hands again.... He isn't stupid by any means.
I have a photo below of him under my covers, following him attempting to attack my hands when they make scratching sounds under the duvet! He actually tries to dig through the duvet when I do this it is funny!
The second photo is him absolutely wiped out at my brothers house on Sunday afternoon! He had just been playing tug with the rope toy, which as you can see is bigger than him, namely because it is for a large Rhodesian Ridgeback, Bruce. On the subject of Bruce I mentioned Humphrey and him were having a weekend together, poor Bruce did not enjoy his stay, Humphrey has too much energy for him. However, Humphrey is at least comfortable around Bruce and only gets scared when Bruce jumps at him to play! He even stole the tug toy, and Bruce's bone from him. Hopefully it won't be long before he is as comfortable around any dog. See Pupdate 2, 5 and 6.
As it has been a couple of weeks since I blogged about him, I should provide some updates!
1. Jabs are all done and he is a fully fledged member of the dog community, regular walks are a must! 2. He is still a wimp. (More on this later)
3. I have been home for 4 days on this occasion and we have not had one interior wee! He did pee on the floor at my brothers house, but to be fair to him, he went to the back door and none of us noticed, can't blame him, blame us! He is so at just going to the back door, he just lies down next to it and waits! Clever little man!
4. He starts training soon! Don't get me wrong, he knows sit, is almost house trained, he can give his paw and he does come (when he's not totally engrossed in something else) But he needs some work and the trainer he is going to is also a behaviourist and he is so scared of so many things we just want to see how we can combat this.
5. Behind the sofa is no longer his only hiding place. The poor dog! This is an extension of number 4, but the parents are having a new kitchen put in, brave with a 15 week old puppy, I know, and the poor thing is spending most of his time hiding in their shower! It is the furthest point away from the kitchen he can possibly get, but he actually sits in the shower tray!! This brings me back to number 2. He is a wimp!
6. Still a wimp... he went to his first "puppy party" today! A collection of 5 puppies on this occasion at his vets, all still under 6 months old! He spent the entire hour hiding behind my legs and trying to get up on the bench next to me. There was another puppy 'Teddy' who had a similar temperament but just as Humphrey plucked up the courage to say hello to him, Teddy decided he'd had enough and bared his teeth! I could tell Humph so desperately wanted to be involved as the tail was wagging and he seemed to be itching to get into the middle, but the two bigger dogs started bouncing around him and boy did he wail!!! I felt a bit guilty to be honest as I didn't want to overwhelm him! But I also want him to understand dogs are ok! He did get weighed at the vets though and he was 8.85kg now! The big chunk! Putting on approximately 0.5kg every week!!!
He has certainly grown into a gorgeous boy!!!
That's it for updates this week!
It is hard when I am not here all the time, but I will be soon, and then it is a week of just Humphrey and I whilst the others go to Spain!
For now, farewell!
P.S. Humphrey has a Facebook page.
Just search The Amazing Exploits of Humphrey Clumberdoodle on Facebook!
