Week 4

Hello all,

Sally is now 13 weeks old, weighs 13 kgs and is 16.5 inches high.

We had a fairly quiet week last week, with only Neils' mum and dad visiting.

Neil and I tried to take Sally for walks during the week but she panicked once we had got passed the drive (out of her comfort zone) and didn't want to go any further, so this weekend Neil got her a harness rather than a collar and we all went out together with me walking in front and on Saturday Sally managed to walk around the corner and was doing really well until she heard a dog barking which really panicked her and we had to go back home. On Sunday we did a bit better and got quite a way up the road but she spent more time sitting watching everything than actually walking. It is sometimes hard to remember that everything we take for granted is so new to her. She has met her first dog - a West Highland Terrier and they had a good sniff at each other and Sally didn't get overexcited but stood quietly, probably not knowing what to make of it. She has seen cars and cyclists on the road, families with young children passing near her - she wagged her tail and tried to follow them. But no matter how long we stayed out Sally did not go to the loo outside - instead she went as soon as we got back inside, I suppose this is the drawback of paper training first, we'll just have to catch her her early tomorrow and take her straight out.

This week we had an 'Andrex moment'. Sally got into the bathroom and managed to get hold of the loo roll and pulled it out to the lounge before I saw her - I couldn't help but laugh.

Now when Sally has her mental do's running all over the rooms she cannot get under the drawers anymore without banging her head on the bottom - she used to like going under them.

Sally is getting more used to being in the car now and is quite happy to be left for short periods with no problems.

We still keep taking her to the office for short periods but she can't settle properly, but she is getting more used to being there, so hopefully in a few months things will get better. We have got her a smaller playpen for there but she will not be happy to be locked in it.

No photos this week as we have had a server put in at work and the laptop has been configured with it so I can't find some things on it i.e. contacts for the Incredimail and the software for the camera. Will need to speak to the IT company on Monday.

Bye for now ....