Growling Up

I’ve had another big weekend this weekend. My humans are really mean!

First, they put me in prison … I tried my best to give them the puppy dog eyes but it didn’t work.

AND … do you know what was even worse. We had another dog, Rosie, in the house ALL WEEKEND. It was ok at first, but she told me to mind my manners a lot yesterday. I didn’t know you weren’t supposed to share food with other dogs – no one told me! When I was really little me and my brothers and sisters used to eat anything and anyone’s food, but my human explained that I have to wait until Rosie’s finished, because it’s good manners when you’re the little one. I also got told that I was too playful and I needed to calm down. I got told this by brute force quite frankly. I was sneaking up on her, just about to catch her wagger when she turned really quickly, let out a big growl that made me scream (it was really really fast!) and then pinned me to the floor so I couldn’t get up! My human got involved then and showed us how to play properly together. Rosie said it was much better becuase she doesn’t like her ears and face being nipped. (why? It’s great fun!!)

And guess what? I’m only 12 weeks old but I’m the strongest because I won the toy EVERY time! I think Rosie was a bit scared to play properly. She said I was really little and she didn’t want to hurt me.

We’ve had a great time together, after all that playing we just had to have a snooze on the sofa!

OOH, one more thing …

Alfie’s Initiation – Part 1

I promised my big brother Alfie that I would keep him up to date with the initiation and what I’ve been doing. I have to do at least 1 fun thing every weekend.

I went for an easy one this weekend. He said it’s really important that the humans know that all of the things in the house now belong to me. The best way to do this is to steal something of theirs, something they need, like dog walking shoes and put it in your bed.

This one’s for you bro! I took it and it’s mine now.

There’s one more thing I have to tell you about. I’m 12 weeks now. My human says that means that I am getting too big for my boots (good job I’ve got her old trainers then). She said this means I’m big enough for school and that she’s going to take me to my first class tonight. I’m a bit scared, but I’m going to rest a lot today so I can be ready later on.

I need the advice of all the pups out there … what should I do? Show them how clever and brave I am at the classes, or should I pretend I don’t understand anything ?

 

Socialisation and Big Brother Advice

So, WOW. This week has been a big week.

I’ve had my booster so I’m now officially free. I can go where I want, chew what I want (although the humans disagree with this) and most importantly, I can meet other doggies.

Remember my human told me that she was going to take me some place special if I was good at the vets? I don’t know which place she meant because all of the days since then have been special. EVERY day we’ve done something fun together.

Then … this weekend she took me to the park as usual. When I got there, I couldn’t believe my nose. MY sister Bonnie was there. Oh it was so good to see her and my wagger just wouldn’t stop. Next thing I know, Eiger’s there too … We said our hello’s and walked over to the grass.

I couldn’t believe what I saw … there was a HUGE guy there. I mean, he was the fastest most biggest Entlebucher that I have EVER seen. Then my human told me that this HUGE guy was my big brother. A BIG brother ?? One to protect me and teach me all things Entlebucher. This was just the best news ever.

Eiger and I were so happy to see eachother we got a bit carried away and both got hurt. Alfie said we were stupid. In fact, my big brother didn’t help me much at all …  I was expecting him to eat Eiger for me but he wouldn’t… he said ‘he’s a good boy’ and then winked at me.

Later on, Alfie and his humans came back to my world. I showed him the rabbits and he told me that they taste so good I should try eating them, I said if he could get them then he could have one of course! What’s a rabbit between family eh?

When the humans were eating dinner inside, Alfie got my attention and told me to follow him to the garden. He told me some secrets. He said if I was going to be part of his pack and a good ‘lil sis, then I had to do something called an initiation. I don’t know what that word means but all the things he said I have to do really sound like a lot of fun. He showed me how to wait for the right moment and then GO … so I’ve got to wait for my moment. I can’t wait to tell Alfie what I’ve done. WOOF!

When he went home I was so tired from all my learning that I went to sleep without even getting in my bed.

The next day, I was ready to start work on our plan when I was put in the van. We went for a long drive and then when we got there, there were stones, sand, a dog and A LOT of water …that tasted funny and moved back and forth and back and forth. I’ve never seen water like that before so decided to chase it … but it chased me back and I got scared.

The next thing I know … this Dog, a Boxer called Rosie just leaped into the water. OH my … I did not know dogs could swim … I tried myself, but the water chased me again. She’s big and can jump over the bit of water that chases you so I think I’ll have to wait until I’m bigger to be able to do that.

After my busy weekend meeting dogs and learning so much, I need a week off to rest and to work on my ‘initiation’

Oh I do like these special places. WOOF!!!

Rabbit Herder

It’s been another busy week for me. First was the vets. We went back there and I had to have another injection, it hurt me but I only yelped once and then had a sleep on the table again. Just to show the vet that I didn’t mind and that I was brave. My human said I was getting big so they weighed me and in a week I’ve gone up from 5.2kg to 7.1kg. I’m going to be really big and strong. I’m getting taller as well because I can get up on the sofa all by myself now even though I’m only allowed sometimes.  

The rabbits aren’t scared of me this week. My human used to let them graze in the garden every day. They’ve not done that since I arrived. After a few days of me asking if the rabbits can come outside and the rabbits asking to come outside, even when I was up close, my human decided to see if I was a good Entlebucher herder. (Of course I am!)

My human told me that there is a place in the garden that she doesn’t want the rabbits to go and that she’s fed up of chasing them away. I can have a herding job and that can be it. I thought that this sounded great! The rabbits aren’t allowed on the vegetable patch and they’re not allowed at the back of the garden, all I had to do was keep them away.

It was really good fun and my human said that they weren’t even really scared of me. Every time the rabbits went across a path I was allowed to make them move. They’re really fast and one of them even jumped really high when I came near which really made me want to chase even more, but my human said I was just getting carried away. I got really close to the big one and went to catch his feet. He ran off … I had herded! I had to sit down again and just watch until they went past the path. Sometimes I watched the wrong rabbit but my human showed me how to run around them so I could stop them both at the same time. We worked for 15 minutes and then herded them back into their palace.

I’m the best herder ever and when I’m big and fast I’ll be allowed to herd off the lead and everything! For now I’ll just have to practise on the rabbits. My human says she’s not sure if it’s a good idea … what do you think? Should I be allowed a proper Entlebucher job or should I not be allowed near the rabbits?  

 

Going Around

The Herd

The Relax

Rabbit Protector

I’ve been at my new home for just over 1 week now. I’m having a great time and learning a lot every day. There’s so much to tell you I don’t know where to begin. I suppose a good start place would be my litter mates. Everyone was in their new homes by Saturday last week and I was wondering who would change their names when they moved. As we were all a B litter, we were all named with B’s. There’s me (Bella), Bonnie and Becky for the girls and then the boys are Bailey, Benji and Bookshie. So far I’ve heard that two of the boys have changed their names. Bookshie is now Bertie and Benji has been called Eiger. I like both of their new names and my humans told me that Eiger is the name of a mountain in my fatherland.

I got given a job to do this week. I love jobs and because I’m clever I can do anything. Before I have my dinner I have to do 3 things over and over again. I have to sit. This means I have to put my wagger on the floor. I have to down. This means I have to pounce on my humans hand with my front paws and keep my wagger on the floor at the same time. And I have to put my hands UP. This means that I have to jump on my human, smile on my face and wagg my tail. I’m really good at it all but my human says it’s a start. I get my dinner so I think I’m doing something right.

I’ve met so many people this week. I even went to a new vets. I’ve been to the vets before and I already know I’m really brave, so I just went to sleep on the high table. My human told me that we were there because I needed one more jab and then a week after that she says she’s going to take me some place special. I don’t know where she means because I’ve already explored my world. My house is good and my garden is good too. I’ve been walking around it on my lead and collar a lot. I think that’s what they call a walk. It’s good and I get to see my favourite stick every time.

The other day, when I was on a walk in the garden my human took me to meet the rabbits properly. I had to sit and be nice and calm and she called them out. They’re just like dogs and they came out straight away. I was really good and just sat there watching which made the rabbits brave enough to come and sniff me. I wanted to sniff them too, so I had to move really slowly to stop them from running away. We had a talk we did! The boy rabbit said to me that if I come any closer then he’ll kick my butt. I’ve never had my butt kicked before but I’m not sure I’d like it. After that he told me that I have another job. He said that I am the rabbit protector and when I’m much bigger my job is to chase the foxes off. I’m a herder so I know I can do this.

My human says that we may have made friends but she doesn’t trust me to see them in the palace yet. I’ll be good though … and I think I’ll make a brilliant rabbit protector. I’m going to ask my humans to get me a glow in the dark collar, so I can be an Entlebucher Super Hero … Reflector Protector. That’s me!

WOOF!!