Sunday, 3 March 2013

Here we go again


We have a new puppy. Zozi is her name and she is a fine Boxer puppy to keep Brin company. We refer to them as ‘BriniZozi’ as in ‘Brangelina’.


Zozi is much smaller than either of the ‘boys’ were; she is also very quiet, doesn’t like the cold, the wet or the mud. I hope she will grow out of it, but she could be a Little Missy.

Brin is being the perfect gentleman and doesn’t seem to mind if she nibbles him here and there (yes, even there)!

It’s lovely having a puppy but puppies are such hard work. They eat, poo, wee, play, sleep all day and all night. They jump on the sofa, hide under the bed, steal your scarf, and bark at the postman.

Zozi is working very hard at being a Good Dog Citizen. She sits on command, understands ‘no’ and ‘leave’ and ‘down’, although I have had to be a shouty Mummy from time to time. We have started taking her on short walks, just 10 minutes, to get her used to the collar and walking to heel. She loves going out.

And tomorrow night, we start puppy classes. We’ll see how that goes. The ‘boys’ were asked not to return to puppy class as they were too disruptive. Taking two Boxer puppies to training class at the same time was perhaps a bit ambitious. Zozi should be a doddle!





10 comments:

  1. From what I have read on Twitter puppy classes are going OK? Three cheers to Brin for being such a good sport with her. xx

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    1. We had a taster session for the puppy class so this week is the real thing. We've been practicing, hope I do OK!

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  2. Good luck with the puppy classes, they can be so much fun.

    Glad poor Brin is being good houmoured about Zozi hunting out a teat like what her mummy had. Boys dogs do get bit of a rough ride around pups until they work out there's no milk lol..

    Looking forward to hearing how you and Zozi get on xxxx

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    1. That is so true Dawn, still makes me laugh :D

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  3. I can't wait to hear all about the puppies classes!

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    1. To be honest, I'm not a fan of puppy class, prefer good socialisation. But I'm giving it a go with Zozi.

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  4. Dear Brin, it's nice to know I'm not the only charm school drop-out in the blogging world. Dear Zozi, just remember, puppy class is the only place where you'll ever get your fill of treats..... so enjoy!

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    1. Rumpy, I'm sure you are very charming and didn't need puppy class to teach you that :-)

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  5. Have fun at puppy class - I always used to do my best to liven it up!

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  6. Hope the puppy classes are going well and that you are now more an assertive mummy than a shouty mummy!!
    She's very cute!

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