The Couch Crew : Field Trips, Exhaustion, Week 4, 9 Weeks Old.......

Hey hey!

HIS spot in Daddy's office

Welcome back. Life with a puppy is crazy. I never realized how good we had it with a 4 month old puppy like Galen. I don't know where we'd be if we didn't have the girls to help take on some of the pups crazy energy.

He's growing like crazy. It's really unbelievable. Even though he's still to young to really hold his bladder, he's doing a good job. The past few days we had a 5 hour and a 4 hour night between breaks.
It really wouldn't be so bad if he didn't insist I escort him out on the break. He refuses to go out by himself unless I'm out there with him. He'll do it without me if the girls go out with him--but I still have to walk him off the patio. It's COLD out!!!

Working with him on the training. The only things he seems to comprehend is Potty & sit. He "knows" Paw, but it's hit or miss if he decides to do it. We started with Come and Lay Down today, but that we'll work on until he gets.

The girls have had a rough few days. He's tired them out! Pooped. No more energy. Leave me alone. They're not up to his speed. He likes that he has two different play mates with different play types. Athena is the typical doggy wrestling type that she does with MC & Bestie. Duchess on the other hand is really rough. She pushes him around with her head. He LOVES it. He goes jumping at her. He and her go at it every morning. I love seeing Duchess getting play time.

We've discovered his love of fetch. When the girls haven't worn him out, a game of fetch will do the job.

Car Ride

This weekend we were 'kidnapped' for an experiment/field trip. Hubby forgot his phone at work, so we packed up the car with the girls & Peryn in his crate. Drove most of the way there before he realized he forgot his entrance key. Turned around to get it and go back to work. (25+25+40=90 min ride there). The girls were getting agitated. Peryn slept in his crate. I happened to remember seeing a dog park not too far from his work, so after he was done we headed there. It was empty like I figured and we let the 3 dogs go wild. IT. WAS. AWESOME!!!!! Peryn had a blast running around with his sisters. The girls got to run off the nervous energy and we were tiring out the pup!

The ride home and the rest of the day was wonderful. They were so mellow. Most of today, Sunday, was like that as well. Their energy has returned this evening and they just came in from playing.

Peryn has taken to MC next door. Their tie outs reach just far enough for them to greet each other and do a little wrestling. We definitely have a social pup.

I'm sad to see the puppy grow up, but he's going to be such an awesome dog as he gets older. Part of me cannot wait. He's already jumping up on furniture without assistance. No where is safe for Athena now.

Sleeping beauties

He sleeps in his crate, but one of our daily routines is to have him hang out with Mommy in the bedroom before Daddy retires for the night. He'll play a bit and then come hang out on the bed with Duchess & Mommy. He'll cuddle with either Duchess or Mommy. He'll stay there until Daddy comes and gets him. When Daddy's ready for bed, in the crate he goes. He accepts it now with little or no complaint. Sleeping through the night is a dream of ours.