Week 3

Hello all,

Today Sally has been here for 3 weeks. She weighs 11.8 kgs (just under 2 stone) and is 40.5 cms (16 inches)high to the shoulder. She has put on 2kgs this week and grown another inch. Her collar has had to be loosened to another hole - now on the 4th one, only 2 to go before she needs a new one. She struggles to get through the table now and has to creep through the gaps. We cannot put anything on top of the table now as she has realised she can see on top and easily put 2 front paws on the table and reach anything there. It won't be long before her tail will swipe anything off the top of the table.

She still has a lazy left ear but we are working on it to get it right (honestly Danielle!).

Today we were able to take her out onto the street but she doesn't seen too interested at the moment so we are taking it slowly with her. She is too tempted by anything on the floor that she can get into her mouth. She loves to chase leaves blowing in the wind and loves to chew on stones, at least she will let us take them out of her mouth, which we are impressed with. And at last she has had a wee outside (but just the one).

Sally is still very bitey and energetic in her playtime but today I have found a way around it with some old cloth slippers that I put on my hands to protect them from bites and scratches but then she just goes for my arms and anywhere else she can get to, but at least we enjoy it more now!!!!!

What Sally has done this week:

On Saturday we had new visitors - my sister, Sarah with her partner, Dave and her children, Holly and Matthew. They got on really well with Sally but I think Sally was just a bit too playful for Matthew who kept trying to run away from her but she thought it was a game and chased him.

She took to Dave straight away - I think she just likes men!!!!!

And Sarah and the kids thought she was great too.

On Monday the play pen that Neil ordered last week arrived and Sally helped me to unpack it by tearing at the cardboard ...

.... and then ragged the bedding that came with it.

She very soon got used to being in the pen and it is now 'her den' but she protests as soon as the door is shut on her. We only shut the door if she is being too boisterous now rather than shutting her in the hallway as she just tears the training pads to bits in there and we never leave her shut in for more than 10 to 15 minutes or so. She is in there now - fast asleep.

Sometimes if Sally is getting too boisterous Neil will confuse her and lock himself inside the pen - she just barks at him - it is very funny.

On Thursday we took the playpen to work and set it up in my office but she didn't like being closed in there, she obviously wanted to explore but there were too many cables and leads for the computers in there to leave her. Eventually she settled in Neils' office where there aren't as many things to chew and she had a sleep in her bed there. At least we got a bit of work done there.

On Friday I took Sally out in the car. We went to get more tripe and more training pads. On Thursday she took ages to settle on the back seat but today I put a vet bed fleece on the back seat on top of the pet cover and she settled much better. I think it might have been too slippy for her before but with the fleece on she could get more comfy. She seemed to like to sit in the middle of the seat and look out the front window or put her head over my shoulder and look out the side window. I hope that she soon gets used to being in the car as she will be in it a lot as she will be going everywhere with us.

Sally has mase herself very much at home here and likes to sit on this chair and curl up on the cushions ...

That's all til next week - time for bed.