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February 09, 2009
Best Puppy Ever!
Çeşme has his first night at our house last night. He is the best puppy ever! He had a really big day but made huge progress for a scared little guy. When we arrived at home, after a brief stop at PetSmart to get some supplies and toys, Çeşme spent about 20 minutes getting comfortable with the whole idea of stairs. We think this was his first time ever using stairs, therefore causing his intimidation. But he did great and after about 20 minutes he got the nerve up to make it into the front entry way landing.
It went on like that for pretty much every room of the house, and finally made it to the office where he now feels very safe and comfortable…maybe TOO comfy because he almost refuses to come into the kitchen. He’s scared of the deck door, and eyes me suspiciously every time I ask him to come in there.
Once his initial exploration was complete, we decided that Çeşme needed a bath to wash away the smells of the shelter. So Seymen installed a handy hand held shower head and we gave poor Çeşme a bath. Once clean he stationed himself in the office for good.
We were able to take him on a nice long walk, which he did great on…but when we got home, he was scared by the garage door, so he and Seymen waited out front while I opened the back door. In the meantime, I think the suspense must have gotten to poor Çeşme, and he RANNN! All the way down the driveway and up the street towards Winton! Seymen ran after him and luckily caught him before anything could happen to him. Phewww!
Anyway, the rest of the night was spent letting Çeşme relax a little bit and become familiar with his crate. By the time it was bedtime, he had walked in the crate (to fetch his peanut butter bone…all the way in the back) and we had locked him in for a few minutes. He didn’t cry, got a little frantic and as soon as he calmed down for a second and laid down, we let him out. I think Seymen and I were more nervous than he was about getting him into the crate for the night.
Well, we both sat down, re-peanut buttered his bone, threw it in the back, and didn’t the smart little guy stick only his front legs in, and REAAAACCCHED and grabbed the bone to eat it outside the crate! Hehehe. We took his bone back and said: “Kennel Up” and after a few tries, he calmly walked in, we locked it closed, he laid down and we didn’t hear a peep out of him at all. We set the alarm at 7AM, and having heard NOTHING from Çeşme, I walked into the office where his crate was, and he woke up when I came in…
It was the best first night sleep ever for a puppy!! He’s so smart! We love him so much. Now if only we can get him to come in the kitchen and not be scared of the big bad door ;-)
Posted by beth at February 9, 2009 08:47 AM