Did I really sign on for this again?
He’s so darn cute, but boy I forgot how hard it was having a puppy. I’ve been giving advice to a few friends for months to help them with theirs, I get mine and I feel like I’m a new mom with a newborn. Honestly, he’s a pretty good puppy. The very first night he slept through the WHOLE night. That was like 10:30pm to about 7:30am. It was weird, but good. Then the second night, he cried for about an hour off and on, then slept until 5:45am. Not as good as day 1. Then last night was better than night 2. He did cry a few times when I put him in his crate (which is close to my bed) and he fell asleep around 10:45pm. He got back up at 6am. I get up every morning around 5:30 so it actually works out and we hadn’t even tried that on purpose. Funny pup.
Anyway, his birthday was June 4. So I guess he turned 11 weeks old yesterday. He’s so darn tiny. The people we got him from told us we should feed him twice a day 1/3 cup. Yeah. Well. No.
See, there is one thing I know and its dogs/puppies. My mother ran the Newfoundland Rescue group of St. Louis during my childhood. We had dogs ALL the time among our FOUR dogs - one Australian Shepherd and three Newfoundlands (not to mention when I was REALLY young we had three Old English Sheep Dogs) I’m a dog girl. I grew up learning everything there was to know. My childhood vacations were not spent at Disney World and Disney Land like other people’s. Nope. Never even been to either. My childhood vacations were spent at dog shows. Yup. About a dozen a year or so, plus every single local one known to man.
So, Max is FAR to little to eat only twice a day and a whole 1/3 cup at a time. He barely eats 1/4 cup. Usually gets about halfway through it, and then is full and ready to play. So we took him to their vet (which we were told to do) and got him checked out yesterday. Their guy was nice, but I like my vet WAY better. Anyway, he did tell me he thought the people were loony if they told me 1/3 cup 2x’s a day and I could tell he thought I had heard wrong. No. It was written on his paperwork so I showed him. He agreed with me that it should be 1/4 cup three times a day instead and if he started finishing it faster to increase it about a tablespoon at a time/meal.
So, that’s my Max story for the week. I’ll share more next week.
We have rain again today so I’m hoping to get some serious writing done. I am two articles away from my minimum goal this month, so I figure I’m ahead of the game I might as well keep on writing.
See ya in a little bit.
