5 Months

Rio has definitely got a case of the puppy fuglies this week, she’s all legs, long body, no neck/chest, tiny head. And the ears are all over the place. Thankfully I did get one photo of her looking pretty!

She’s greeting all people enthusiastically at the moment, which isn’t so good when she launches at them. I’m quite strict about feet-on-the-floor for greeting but a lot of the other people she meets aren’t, I’m going to have to start training people I think! She’s also happy to meet other dogs on the lead or off-lead in groups, but if we meet individuals on our walks she tends to get the zoomies rather than actually greeting them. Not entirely sure how to get round that one.

Ree also got a bath this week. She loves being bathed, I have to keep standing her up as she wants to sit and doze under the nice warm shower water. She’s also much more co-operative about being dried with a hair dryer, which has been a work in progress. We have had a backslide on nail clipping, as her nails have hardened she has decided she hates nail clipping. Unfortunately she’s not doing enough walking yet for them to wear down naturally so I really need to get on with that! I also need to go collar shopping, she’s outgrown her Dublin Dog puppy collar and their next size up is too chunky for her neck at the moment.