My Baby's Growing Up
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 3:02 pm
Geyser is now about 10.5 mos old and finished her first heat cycle about three weeks ago. I'd heard and read about the maturity this would bring, but it has been kind of amazing to see it unfold.
I actually feel a little melancholy about this, but last nite, I took her kitchen XPen down to put away. I've been gradually giving her more freedom, and she's been demonstrating enough responsibility to earn it. So it, and the baby gate, are going out into the shed, and I'll just put a crate in the kitchen for the times when I need to put her up. I decided to use the Cabana Crate for the kitchen, since I want to make sure she'll be good in it before trying to take it on the road. (The first time I got it out to try with her, around 6 months, major disaster!
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She still needs to be crated for certain things...she can't handle me being in a prone position, whether on the bed or on the floor (exercises, don't'cha know). For the exercising, I just exile her out of the room and close the door, which she hates . Rather than getting into any trouble, tho, she'll just wait outside the door until I invite her back in when I'm finished up, and then she's very frantic in displaying her happiness at our reunion 
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While I love seeing her baby pictures (my screen saver is a picture show deal), I am so happy to have her where she is now, rather than being a baby puppy. It's wonderful to see the hard work paying off in such a well-behaved older puppy. But, being human, I still feel tugs on my heartstrings that my baby is growing up...
I actually feel a little melancholy about this, but last nite, I took her kitchen XPen down to put away. I've been gradually giving her more freedom, and she's been demonstrating enough responsibility to earn it. So it, and the baby gate, are going out into the shed, and I'll just put a crate in the kitchen for the times when I need to put her up. I decided to use the Cabana Crate for the kitchen, since I want to make sure she'll be good in it before trying to take it on the road. (The first time I got it out to try with her, around 6 months, major disaster!
)She still needs to be crated for certain things...she can't handle me being in a prone position, whether on the bed or on the floor (exercises, don't'cha know). For the exercising, I just exile her out of the room and close the door, which she hates
. Rather than getting into any trouble, tho, she'll just wait outside the door until I invite her back in when I'm finished up, and then she's very frantic in displaying her happiness at our reunion .While I love seeing her baby pictures (my screen saver is a picture show deal), I am so happy to have her where she is now, rather than being a baby puppy. It's wonderful to see the hard work paying off in such a well-behaved older puppy. But, being human, I still feel tugs on my heartstrings that my baby is growing up...
fase... 
