Last night was a long one... Merlin slept for most of yesterday afternoon and evening and therefore thought it was playtime at 4am. So by 8am I was so tired, Dan sent me back to bed and took over the puppy supervision.
He started the morning with breakfast and a short play time before commencing the daily training which involved continuing to teach Merlin the sit command. Apparently Merlin was a star student and started to get the hang of what he was supposed to do... and this time didn't just sit on his bum waiting for treats.
After training was over and Merlin had finished his mid-morning snooze, Dan decided to try and get him used to walking on a lead. Now this may sound a little premature but we have 2 weeks before he can be taken outside and currently he thinks the lead is a chew toy, not something to be used to direct him to where we want him to walk. We will now continue this training each morning so that fingers crossed he will be comfortable by the time he can be set loose into the big wide world.
This afternoon we started socialising him and took a trip to B&Q to get some wood and rope to make him an outdoor training toy as per the recommendation by Cesar Millan in his "bringing up the perfect dog" book. He had lots of ladies spot him and want to make a fuss of him, which he loved. He was really well behaved and enjoyed sniffing out all the new smells. We then took him for his first trip to pets at home to buy him a little coat as he seems to shiver every time we take him outside the house. Again, he lapped up all the attention he received... he is very much a ladies man :-)
Just as we were checking the list, he got a whiff of rodent coming from the hamster / guinea pig pens and his nose went into overdrive... so Dan made a swift exit outside. Being a terrier, his natural instincts would be to hunt and kill these type of animals.
When we arrived him, he relieved himself straight away and accidentally trod in his poo so we needed to do an emergency clean up job. I took him straight into the bathroom and put him in the bath. He wasn't too sure of the shower and howled his little head off to begin with but before long, he trusted me to complete his bath. I used his puppy shampoo to make him smell fresh and whilst he enjoyed being towel dried he is still not too sure of the hairdryer... this is going to need more work I feel especially as he will be a frequent visitor to the groomers. But once he was dry, he let me use his puppy deodorant spray which keeps him smelling fresh and also let me comb him which hasn't really been possible so far so this is a big step forward.
I am looking forward to another little adventure tomorrow
:-D
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