

Lane,
The little puppy (we call her Polly) and we are getting along very well now. She likes to be around us. If we hold her on our lap, she usually wiggles her tail and I take that as she is happy. We cuddle her a lot (as long as we are home) and we enjoy cuddling her. She now stays very calm in our arms most of the time and seems enjoying it as well. She runs a lot in our living room. We got all the wires out of her reach. When we are walking or doing our things in the living room, she likes to run around our legs and chew on our shoes and pants. What a funny baby! Sometimes I am afraid that I could step on her by accident, so we are very careful when walking now :-)
She is a very smart puppy. She is doing okay with pee-pee and poo-poo from day one. She knows to use the pad when she needs to go (thanks to you). There was one accident when she stepped on her “wastes” and started running on the couch. So now we are careful during the couple of minutes after she eats and throw the pad away right after she is done with defecating. One question, how did she usually signal when she had an urge to pee or defecate?
Half of the kitchen is her space now. There is water at one corner, blanket on the floor, some toys, and a pillow covered with pad on the other side (she pees there). We keep her there when we go to work.
We took her to a local Veterinary clinic yesterday. The doctor gave her a physical examination and a pill for worm. We were told she is a very healthy puppy! We will be back in 3 weeks for her shots. One question: the Vet doctor recommended us to feed her 3 times a day. Do you think this is also okay? Also, she weights 3.1 pound. I am a little bit wondering since this is very different to the weight you just mentioned. Did she lose some weight? That is not good if true. But we don’t feel any weight change though.
Thanks again for your useful tips. Hope to hear more good suggestions from you. I will tell Polly that Lane says hi and cuddle her for you.
Have a nice day!
Lei
