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He's growing before our eyes too.... :blink:

So much for our plans only to allow Jasper on the sofa when invited... who could deny this little fellow his rightful position?

I've just had a ceremonial folding-up of the crate. Jasper hasn't taken to it at all and although I may well have got him accustomed to it if I really worked at it, for us I decided the advantages aren't worth it. A big factor is that I work from home but only very part time and I can choose how...

Jasper is quite happy wearing his collar and his harness, and being taken for a sniff round the garden on his lead attached to the harness. I'd quite like to start teaching him to walk on the lead ready for when he can venture out into the big wide world but I'm not sure whether I should do this...

Jasper had his first jab today too. It was only a couple of minutes in the car but he wasn't happy, probably because his only other car journey was a 4.5-hour removal from all he knew. The vet pronounced him a smashing puppy :D I've just glanced at his mugshot a couple of posts back and can't...

We're clear we don't want Jasper in our room at night - for one, I'm sure he'd end up sharing the bed which could be fine now but not when he's grown into those paws, and for another, hubby's worried he may try to join in if we should... er... cuddle :b :lol: You know, one night of decent...

One thing I need to address with Jasper is convincing him that toys are more fun to play with than hands, feet and clothing. So far he's not convinced so I thought it would be interesting and maybe useful to find out what type of toys our lurchers love best. Balls? Rubber chews? Stuffed toys...

That's correct - 8 weeks this Friday and we've only had him since Saturday - I just have a habit of analysing things far too soon! I also feel a little guilty as hubby wasn't altogether keen on the idea of having a dog but he's a good'un and has been doing his bit. I'm certainly not looking for...

At the moment, maybe, because I'm so dog-tired! But if I can find a way of me and him getting a decent night's sleep then I'll be much better able to deal with some proper crate/separation training in the day. He just discovered his legs in the garden and did his best to sprint the length of...

Hmmmm, after a bad night I think I'm going to backtrack a bit... It's a bit much to expect him to stay happily in his crate when he won't stay happily in the whole room, and a bit much to expect him to spend all night alone in his room if he can't manage a few minutes. So tonight I'm going to...

Blimey this puppy-raising is complicated, isn't it? :blink: Different things work for different people and dogs, but you don't know if it worked until you have a full-grown bad mannered furniture eating furniture hogger :unsure: One thing I've realised is it's far too early to commit to...

I'm getting the distinct impression that Jasper (son of Clint and Willow) doesn't want to be a crate dog, he wants to be a sofa dog. I'm considering moving a sofa into 'his' room which means that I'd be able to spend more time with him in his room rather than him be in the non-dog-proof front...

As you can see, a goodly amount of Jasper's worming medicine ended up on his face :D We're all rather sleep deprived as he doesn't like being left and hates being shut in 'his' room but are toughing it out (OK I foolishly slept in his room for a couple of hours one night but it's amazing how a...

After a noisy trip back to Poole, where Jasper seemed determined to take over the driver's seat, he seems to be settling in... Sorry about the poor quality, we didn't want to disturb him with a flash! My main worry, the meeting with the cat, has gone well so far. They've had a few staring...