My New Puppy

I'm so sorry for your loss . . I lost a beloved shipoo named oddly enough Ollie! He had Leukemia and had to be put to sleep, died peacefully in my son in laws arms. He was a wonderful smart dog and I havent had the room thru grief for another for the past 8 yrs, so I know how you feel. I saw my Sami on a website and instantly fell in love! He was definately not the cutest dog of the liter, but his eyes just captured my heart. I took a chance and had him flown from Missouri to Georgia! You can see a picture of him after his first groom on your post which enabled me to finally post a picture with your great directions! I obviously love the name Ollie, but think he definately looks like a Max. We have enjoyed Sami so much and now cant imagine life without him, the first few months were a challenge as we were very rusty with housetraining and I had never crate trained a puppy before. Luckly he was wonderful and was loving his crate at night after just 2 weeks, and has been dry in there since then. He goes to the back door for toileting and the biteing stage is finally over now that he has his big boy adult teeth. He was neutered 1 month ago and did amazing, was hard to keep him down. He loves to eat chicken and rice with kibbles mixed, also loves scrambled eggs and milk and cheeseit crackers! He has never been a pickey eater, knock wood! So glad you have gotten another companion, you will be so pleased with your choice, I love this breed! They are sensitive, smart, to cute for words, and so very loyal! Thank you again for the picture thread, now to see if I can do it again when needed!

Well Oscar came home yesterday and had a lovely day being fussed over and exploring his new home and garden. I was dreading bed time and prepared myself for a sleepless night looking after a distressed puppy, but No.
We had bought a cage for him and were intending to keep him in it at night. We bought him a snuggly bed which we placed in one end of the cage with a wee pad at the other. We fed him in the cage during the day but he was out of there as soon as he finished eating. In the evening I brought the bed out of the cage and he happily started to take his many dog-naps in it. At 11.30pm he was fast asleep in his bed (in our conservatory) so I put the radio on, put off the light and went to bed. I waited for the rucus to start but little Oscar made not a peep, slept through the night and was soundo when we came down at 7am. One wee and one tiny poo on his wee pad left in the middle of the floor.
What a cracking performance from a little puppy just eight weeks old. Long may it contiue. Fingers crossed. He has been outside on the lawn all morning having a marvellous time chasing anything that moves, and playing chase the ball although its too big to pick up. Pictures later.

Here is an update picture of Oscar at 9.5 weeks old. Managed to catch him taking a ten second rest in his bed.