After one week of having Trigger the puppy, I declare myself officially exhausted.
I have learnt a tremendous amount, such as; watching dozens of episodes of The Dog Whisperer and It’s the Dog or Me cannot prepare you for real life with a puppy. Reading all the books there are on dog behaviour and training is similarly great in theory but tends to all go out the window when you feel your puppy’s sharp teeth digging into your trouser leg and he hangs there determinedly. The more you move and shake to get him off, the tighter his hold and the more fun he seems to be having. Standing still is hard to do and feels counter intuitive, but it works because he then he gets bored of that game pretty quickly.
Thankfully, as he is still so young, he sleeps a lot. And when he is asleep, I have to get as many of my jobs done as possible. Already in a week the house has gone to pot and so have I. I look even more like a scarecrow than usual!
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