my playpen

i love my playpen. it's a space all my own. mommy puts hay everywhere and lulu isn't allowed inside. but sometimes she runs up to me so i lunge at her. then she swipes her paw at me so i turn my back. she's so uncouth.

lulu's first class

mommy and daddy took lulu to her first puppy socialization class today. ohmigosh - after hearing about it, i'm so glad i didn't have to go. it sounded very dangerous for bunnies! mommy later asked if she could hijack my blog to keep a record of lulu's progress. i said, "no way lady!" she wasn't too happy with me so i agreed to blog about it myself if she gave me the updates. i haven't had a lot of time to play on the computer because lulu is always around and she likes to bother me... even when i'm grooming and minding my own business! she's sleeping now so i was able to sneak on... hehe here she is falling asleep on mommy. :)



mommy and daddy brought their cameras to class but they were too busy looking after lulu to take any photos. maybe next time, they said. lulu started off very well in class. she was a little apprehensive - there were lots of new people, new smells, and 2 very big and very rambunctious puppies playing together. mommy and daddy put her down in the far end of the room and practiced walking her on her leash. she was doing really well until a big puppy came over to meet her and kind of jumped on her. lulu whimpered and backed away but the puppy kept coming at lulu and wouldn't stop! after that, she was very wary of the other dogs in class.



during class (with three other puppies), lulu learned eye contact, recognizing her name, and walking on leash. oh please! i see her doing this stuff at home all the time with mommy and daddy! mommy said lulu was very focused and not really distracted by the other dogs. she didn't want to play with the other dogs during puppy playtime though and actually growled and nipped at them when they came nose-to-nose with her and wouldn't leave her alone. hmph, now she must know how i feel when she does that to me!!!



mommy was pretty upset that lulu was nipping but the trainer said it was normal and just a dog's way of expressing discomfort with a situation. there was another puppy there who was running away from the 2 playful pups. lulu met her and they seemed to get along ok. daddy was not happy with the puppy who kept rushing lulu - or rather he did not think the owner was doing a good job with her. both he and mommy had to pull the puppy back off of lulu a few times during the play sessions. not only that but that same puppy jumped onto mommy and grabbed her treat bag! lulu's favourite freeze dried liver treats fell everywhere (ICK!) and the 2 outgoing puppies fought to eat them all. lulu's stinky "treats" must have been better than what the other puppies had because those silly pups kept going for mommy's treat bag and even put a little hole in it.



hmmm, this post is getting too long and it's not even about me! to wrap up, i guess lulu didn't really learn any new commands in the first class but mommy was very pleased because she saw that lulu was well behaved and obedient. she knew her name very well and could walk on a leash without being distracted for too long. mommy was relieved because she thought that lulu would be very easily distracted in a new environment. the trainer said lulu was very brave for a small dog. mommy later told me that she would do some research to see how to make puppy playtime at the next class a happier experience for lulu.



to close off, here are a couple photos of me in my playpen. after all, not only am i cuter, but this is my blog.

today i met lulu

it's been a busy week for mommy, daddy, and me. last weekend, my hoomans... erg, parents... were acting very strange. they left for pretty much the whole day and i barely got a chance to wish mommy a happy mother's day! they left me in my playpen, which was extra weird because i'm hardly ever in there during the day. then they came home and put on the ground a very stinky thing that moved a lot. apparently this stinky thing called lulu was supposed to be my doggy friend. yeah, right.

anyway, here i am the day before lulu came to live with us. i love sitting on the couch. i can see and hear everything around me. mommy says i have a little smirk on my face in these photos. :)



the day lulu came home was very stressful. she was not only bouncy (i think she thinks she's a bunny) but she was LOUD too. and a little annoying. but then she fell asleep in her crate and mommy let me out so i went immediately to sniff her. i smelled danger so i was on high alert.







this is what i saw as i (carefully) walked by.



when lulu finally woke up, she wanted to play with my rope toy. i don't really like that toy too much so i let her.




i guess she's kinda cute but she smells really bad. and goes potty everywhere! doesn't she know where the litter box is?




after we spent a little while in the living room together, we felt a lot more comfortable with each other!




i ventured out but was still a little wary. she was sound asleep so i got to play all my favourite games outside my playpen like i normally would.



eventually she got up and moved... only to go back to sleep again... this time, in a funny position! hehe, she's funny.



and that was the day i met lulu!