Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Day 5!

4 days have flown by with Coda in residence.. Day and night are blurring and the only way I am keeping track of anything is with my list of his every activity. He's getting into something of a routine which is going to be essential as I return to work tomorrow and Skip has the day off and then Thursday, Friday and Saturday we both work.
Kennel-He has a big wire kennel that we used with Guinness and there is a pee pad at one end and a little hut and bedding at the other and a bowl of water. He is doing very well at eliminating on the pee pad only. When he first gets in the kennel he whines some but quickly quiets down. The only time he really goes nuts is when he has pooped on his pee pad.
Food-We are feeding him eukanuba small breed puppy food that we wet down and add meat baby food to. I am using the eukanuba as treats for training. When he gets put into his kennel he gets a high value treat like a beggin strip or beef jerky which he very much enjoys.
Toys-Coda loves bully sticks and chows down on them! He has a long furry squeaky squirrel toy with squeakers at both end and he loves it. He has a little squeaky duck that he likes to carry around. He has an original style kong (puppy size) that he likes but prefers the kong with strips that he can really get his teeth into. He likes the spray can kong treat for filling the kong!
Personality-Coda is feisty, energetic, persistent and smart as a whip! He is fearless-when he's outside he will run to the other end of the side garden. We've put him in a laundry basket and a plastic tote and he's been able to jump out of both! He is very interactive and wants attention. He bites but is easily redirected to a toy. We have gone ahead and ordered a canvas playpen so that we can keep him in the living room but contained
Training-coda is super smart... He has already got an understanding of sit! He sits for me when he is done outside and will sit on command for a treat.













Tuesday, November 20, 2012

The early life of Coda

Here is the photo diary of Coda's life thus far!
Born Saturday 29th September 2012....

















Monday, November 19, 2012

Blog begun...

4 days until Coda arrives so it seemed time to begin a blog and set up a YouTube account so that everyone can stay up to date with the developments!