Callie, why do you do that?

Last night went pretty well. She didn't whine in her crate at all until I let her out at 3am to go potty. I took her out, and it was freezing outside. So she didn't want to step foot outside. I was outside, encouraging her to come out, when she turned around and peed! Lucky for me I caught her before it became a huge spot, and picked her up and placed her outside. She stayed out there while I cleaned up the mess, which you cannot see anymore today. While she was out there she went over to the grass and emptied her bladder, in which she got TONS of encouragement. When we came back in, I put her in the crate, and the whining went on for a good 15 minutes. Not fun at 3am!! Sure enough she calmed down and at 6 we went out and she went outside perfectly. She got fed, got some treats, fresh water, and then we played a bit. Then Mom came out to cover for me while I snoozed a bit longer. Then the two of us fell asleep and luckily Callie fell asleep, too!

The whole day was quite lazy actually. Since we're working on socializing with her we took her out for a car ride. She loved it and thought she'd figured out the car enough to stand up the whole way, but she was wrong! Callie finally gave up and laid down and enjoyed the ride. She got to see many different types of people, hear a loud motorcycle, and get to hear diesel trucks.

Poor Callie has no clue that she should poop outside. We're still working on that. The peeing thing is coming along, and we've even taught her the "go pee" command so that's good. I'm happy thought because she will only go on tile! It's quite hilarious and it makes clean up a breeze. Let's just say her poop is huge! Callie, can't you learn to poop outside too?

Last night we had all 3 of our animals in the same room. (The two kitties and Callie.) We thought for sure Snickers would freak out and never come out from under the bed, but he's slowly warming up. Annie is still fine, but Callie the stinker has all her puppy energy and has scared the two! She just wants to play and will run up, and the cats will run into the hall. (There's a baby gate blocking Callie off, but the cats can get under.) Come on, Callie! You were nose-to-nose with Annie last night and today you're blowing it! Oh well. Snickers will still come out and Annie will hang out in the living room with Callie there. So it's not all bad.

Now Callie is in her crate asleep. I'll take her out in a bit to go potty and then sleep on her bed until it's time for us humans to go to sleep. She has soo much puppy energy that it's better to let her sleep! She had her first walk today, and she didn't pull on the leash at all. Whenever she stopped, if I called her, she'd start walking again. She even met a dog on her walk, and the two did pretty good! I may have to take her out again because this puppy was just running around the house a second ago barking and grabbing at all her toys. Crazy baby. But still, nothing is chewed up!