Willow at 10 weeks

So on thursday 19th August Willow turned 10 weeks. she is over 5 kilos in weight and had her 2nd lot of jabs on friday and also her microchip. but Willows biggest problem is her behaviour!

She does not like being told no to anything, that includes, touching things she isnt meant to, cewing my feet, tryingtto mouth or bite. she will actualy snarl and growl at us to get her own way. she isnt getting away with it though, she gets time out and she will eventualy come and appologise. the vet says it is normal but i dont think her growling to get her own way is good. we are being proactive in being more in charge with her. we are working on showing her we are the dominant people not her. we have always done this but as she seems to fight us all the way we have to step it up.

thagt said there have been some great moments with Willow recently. she had her first proper walk on friday, she walked into town. vet said she can walk on pavement not grass as she has anotehr jab to get in 6 weeks. she loved it and is actualy very good on her lead. she can also climb up on the sofa, beds and up the stairs and on friday she began to come down them herself to.


she got a new tunnel on saturday to play in.



she also likes sleeping with her new toy that mum bought her



Willow is back at the vets in two weeks for more worming and weighing and hopefully her behaviour will have improved or ill be asking the vet for more advice and we are hoping to get her into puppy training classes. Hopefully walks will help as well. its normal behaviour but behaviour we want to discorage.

Videos

Willow and newspaper


Willow and the Bottle

Willow at 8 weeks

So on the 5th August willow tecnicaly turned 8 weeks! she has had he first lot of injections and finaly figgured out how to climb the stairs.

Willow had the vet today she got her jab, got worming christals, flee stuff (not that she has them) she also got some samples of new food . she was a little sleepey after her injection.

willows weight was 10 lbs also known as 5.6 kelios she has put one kilo on in a week.

here are some pictures of willow this week







the growling has stopped and we are looking into new dog food looking at burns but willow will be able to go for a walk on the 3rd september

Bubbles and Balls

Today Willow has been a little better, she has been told no and most of the time has accepted it, only a couple of Growls lets hope this continues! i know she is only 7 weeks old but she cant be allowed to growl or bite. i think she is excitable however she is starting to learn that we wont be taking her nonsense!

there are videos from last night of Willow playing with bubbles her new fav thing



Also one from today of willow playing with a big ball we go free with Doctor Who adventures!


We have also discoverd that Willow loves her belly being rubbed!

Videos

some videos of willow playing with her toys




and her new task of trying to jump up on the sofa.

Growling

On Friday night willow started growling when she was being told not biting!
The vet has said that nibbling is fine for this age but biting is a no no we have told her all along NO when biting happens but on Friday afternoon she started to growl when told no - it is rather scary to see this lovable little thing growl at you! Apparently it is normal but it’s something we are going to nip it in the bud as Willow will be around children and if nothing else she needs to learn appropriate behaviour!

She did it a few times today, so she gets a time out! she also if its continues i.e. more than two growls we are to hold her on her back for a few seconds and say NO GROWLING to show her who is the boss as she thinks she is.

Found an interesting article on Bite Inhibition (http://www.dogstardaily.com/training/teaching-bite-inhibition) but have also found that labs are bad for biting and growling initially but I think we will still mention it to the vet on Friday!

Vets

Willow was at the vets this morning for her first check up!

The vet weighed her and she weighs 3.65 Kilos. The vet said that she has a perfect mouth and her jaw is looking good (apparently Labs can have issues with jaws). Willow has to go back next week to get her first jab and some worming granules as she needs to get wormed every two weeks at this age range.

She gets her jab on the 6th August and then two weeks later she gets her other jabs and gets her microchip done as well, then two weeks after that she can go for walks!

It is possible she has a sore tummy though but other than that willow is a happy little puppy.

She had lots of visitors yesterday, she had mums best friend and her grandchildren who bought her some toys, and then a friend from mums work came to see her and my friends came with toys for her. Lucky willow.

Tomorrow I am going to get her tag with her name on it.

she has been here three days!

Willow has been with us three days now and has her own Twitter Page which can be found at http://twitter.com/Willow_Lab. Willow has been having lots of fun playing with her toys




Eating my dinner



and playing outside





Willow loves to play, she loves to pull on your trousers and she seems to want to put everything in her mouth!

she has had lots of visitors and has been great with the children who have come to visit. and she has been brought lots of presents and treats to eat for when she is older.

Welcome Home Willow

Today we went an Picked Willow up. This is her first photo




when willow got home she had to get a bath because she was a bit smell from being on her farm and with her brothers and sisters




Willow also spent time playing in her new garden

Whats in a Name

Willow was a late addittion to our choice of names for the puppy. Other names included, Sophie, Mable and martha.

My brother Barry came up with the name Willow he says its based on the film (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096446/)

In My head she is named after Little Willow a song by Paul Mccartney

Getting things ready

Today we got all our things ready for Willow comming to live with us.

We bought her bed, her new lead and collar, some toys, her feeding bowls.




We also got some doggy treats and some puppy milk.



We are now all ready for Willow's arrival on Monday night we cant wait.

My Old Family

This is Willow's Mummy and Daddy Big Bear and Stella




This is Willow and her brothers and sisters