1. She loves to play outside. I will take her out to use the bathroom and she will stay out there and play for quite awhile. I just leave the back door propped open a bit and she comes in when she is done playing. She loves to dig in the flower beds (hmmm) and is obsessed with a spot out by the fence. I'm pretty sure that is where Greg threw our BBQ pork drippings over the fence last week.
Greg took down the Christmas lights yesterday, so Coal went out and played while he was in the front yard. She loved it! We are trying to teach her to stay in our yard and she gets quite testy when I carried her back to our property. She must be a Fowler - so stubborn!
Speaking of being a Fowler - a few days ago she fell down into the window well. All of our kids have done that at least once - Enoch, I think twice. We really need to get those covered. Greg was on pooper scooper duty and was using the shovel to clean up and Coal went crazy, barking and chasing the shovel. She got a little too excited and backed into the window well. She wasn't hurt, just surprised.
2. We are trying to get her to take naps in a doggie bed. Her favorite place to lay down is under the kitchen table or under the family room chairs. I don't mind her under the family room chairs, but the kitchen table is hard because we are constantly dodging her. She is having nothing to do with her doggie bed, but we are hoping that will change.
3. I still can't believe how sharp her teeth are. We all have cuts on our hands and arms from where she has nipped us (except Greg, she doesn't bite Greg). She has shredded a toy already. I made a braided fleece rope for her to play with and she ripped apart within a few days.
The kids and I made new ones the other day. I hoping these will last longer. We added some 'tags' to it because she loves to chew on the tags of her other toys and she has torn them all off of every other toy she has.
4. We started puppy classes yesterday. Coal did very well. She was by far the youngest and smallest dog there, but she held her own. We are working on the 'sit' and 'watch me' commands and potty training. The kids enjoy working with her, although I'm still mostly in charge of potty training. Greg and Kate are anxious to teach her how to take walks (I thought that was instinctive, but apparently not with every dog). A picture Kate drew:
At puppy class, the teacher asked us what she does that makes us laugh. Greg loves it when she growls while they are playing. She has this really low growl for such a little puppy and it seems so out of place. Gavin and I think she is confused. She can't decide if she is a dog, a bunny or a cat. She bounces when she runs like a bunny and paws at things like she is a cat. It's quite funny.
5. Greg went out the get the paper this morning and Coal followed him. When he realized she was out there, he told her, "Coal, go get the paper." She trotted over to the paper and started pulling it toward Greg! Smart dog. We can't wait to get the basic commands down so we can teach her other things.
She is so much fun!
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She's already smarter than toby! I can't believe that she shredded that chew toy you made her. She looks like so much fun!
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