New house, new dog?
I feel like it's been such a long time since I wrote a Bug post. I made the mistake of looking back at the first ones I wrote nine months ago, and now I'm seriously missing teeny tiny puppy Bug.
In two months our little rascal will turn one. Before the move he was reasonably behaved, he had very few accidents and pretty much knew his boundaries.
Unfortunately, now we're in the new house, he seems to have forgotten every thing. He really is like having a brand new dog that's never learnt. He's recently taken peeing up any item of furniture he can. The dining room, the side of the sofa, the kitchen bins. Yes that's been annoying as hell, but we seemed to be nipping it in the bud. That was until he woke us up, (or didn't as the case was) on Sunday morning. He gave no moans, no cries, no sign at all that he wanted to go out to go potty, but I had the lovely pleasure of rolling over into a huge lake of pee on our bed. Our brand new mattress.
As of then, he has lost his sleeping on the end of the bed privileges. He is being hawk-eyed around every inch of the house and we are having to make a huge effort to pretty much force him to go in the garden to do his business. Not so easy for a doggle who hates the rain.
Our other plans for him involve a trip to the vets, hopefully next month. It's time to remove those knackers. An over excited Bug every time he sees another pooch walk past the window, or meets on his walks, just isn't fun.
Apart from the above, I think he's settled pretty well. We're hoping to work on the garden soon so he'll have some more outdoor space. He can currently jump over the fence into the next garden so unfortunately for him, he can't go far into the garden at all right now.
Looking at all of the photos I have of him, I cannot believe he's grown so much. He hasn't grown to look at all like I thought he would, but I would never change him for the world. Even with all of the misbehaving. See middle photo for his guilty face.
