9 weeks old

Yesterday was my 9 week birthday. While I have travelled alot and been to a lot of new places the most fun I have had is playing with my big sister, Slice. Porter has tried to join in on the play time but I am kind of worried when he starts racing around. Mom makes him settle while Slice and I play. I am getting pretty brave around him but those huge paws might trample me.

Apparently, I am growing fast and will soon be bigger than Slice. I will be Pint and she will be Half Pint! You can see from these pictures how fast I am growing.

We are already forming a very good bond and even when I am in my crate Slice tries to sleep beside me. If I can't sleep by Slice I am okay with findign another canine pal who will let me sleep with them. Today it was Bailey. She is learnign to be very patient with me and realises that I am a real dog!

That is all I know for sure this week. Talk to you soon.

A day in the life

Life as me "Pint" is a good deal. I cannot believe how much fun and full my days are. Since my mother's first post, we have talked and I have decided that I will be writign my own posts. I am a big boy and can tell my own stories and post pictures that I like. Now that we have that cleared up, let's begin...

Monday to Friday are days are pretty much the same, something called going to work and routine. We get up at 5:00 am and race outside to the bathroom. I have to sleep in a crate which I don't think is fair at all but apparently that is the way it is. Anyway, once outside we all do our business and then I just follow what Slice and Porter are doing and race back to the door to wait. Apparently, when the door opens again we get breakfast. Woo hoo!!! While we eat breakfast mom has a shower and gets ready for work. We are then off to work which involves getting in the car for a quick ride.

Once we get to the shop it is kind of boring to be honest. In the early part of the day I get passed to about 10 different people each mornign for cuddles and kisses. That part is pretty cool. When that is over I have to go in a crate while my mother is working. Playing with other people's dogs is hardly what I call working but that is what she says. At 11:00 all the dogs go to sleep and I get to come out for a potty break and some play time with Slice. I have a small collection of new toys that we lay with and always find time to wrestle.

I like to sleep lots during the day until we go home at 6:00. Mom says it is because I am growing. Getting home is very exciting as there is more food! Now that mother has found kibble that I like I get very silly for dinner time. When allk the bowls are cleaned up, Slice and I start are race track training. This daily exercise involves 25 laps around the kitchen and front room. When Slice feels me catching up to her she detours and jumps up on the couch. Cheater. I know I can beat her. Somedays for entertainment, Porter will lay in our track so we have to jump over him. Truth be told, Slice sails over him and I run over his paws. a few more weeks and I can go over the top too.

Mom keeps telling are her friends that the best part of my playing with Slice is that I am sacked out by the time I go to bed and I sleep through the night. Really, I am not tired I am growing.

We tried to get a new family photo while before I started to grow too much. Porter takes really good care of me and lets me nestle between his front legs when I am sleepy so that nothing can sneak up on me. From what I hear he did this with Slice too. So when I was ready to asume the "position" Slice hopped in and we snapped this photo. Porter's ear aren't up because he is keeping an eye on my cousin Bobbi while she was running around the yard chasing balls. Like I said he looks out for me.

So once Friday is over our routine changes a bit. Often we will be off doing agility somewhere. I went on my first road trip this past weekend to Saskatoon. It was a big weekend for Porter and mom was very proud of him. My guess is I have so pretty big shoes to fill when I get older. Because I am so young I had to stay in my pen by my mom while she did the scorekeeping for the trial. It was a pretty sweet deal. I had a nice pad all set up and Cassie to sit and play with me. We spent lots of time playing with my new toys and sleeping. Cassie was beside herself with joy that she got to help look after me. She used to play with Slice all the time but now that she is playing agility she doesn't have time for Cassie anymore. Kind of sad. Glad I could cheer the young girl up and give her a job.

Well that about sums it up folks. A day in the life of Pint.

Stay tuned for my 9 week pictures, apparently I have grown.

Welcome Baby Pint

It has been two years since Slice came into my home and turned our world upside down with her crazy small girl attitude. We were blown away by what a "big" dog she became. She is so much fun that I decided to add another Papillon to the house.

Pint is another Tollegend Papillon and is a "brother" relation to Slice. We (me and the two dogs) have been waiting for mom, Bizzie to have her babies so we would know what we were getting. On June 24th, Pint was the first pup out of the chute and was born in the car on the way to the clinic. That's got to be a good sign right.

On July 14th at the tender age of 7 weeks, Pint was picked to come to our house. Bizzie was quite worried when she saw her baby leaving the house and Auntie Penny was a little sad to see her first pup go to its new home. With the promise to keep her updated with photos and regular visits we were heading out on the highway back to Edmonton.

His first day with the family was identical to Slice's...we went to an agility trial. Fortunately, the weather was nice enough that he could be in his crate outside enjoying the fresh air. He met lots of new people and charmed the socks off all of them! The day went a little long so we had to borrow some food. Rather than waiting for the food to get in the dish, Pint decided jumping in the bag would be way more productive.

The next day was a day for meeting the family. We started with the niece and nephews who were just bursting with excitement to meet the wee one.

We had an evening BBQ with the canine cousins but Pint was way too tired to be social so he snuggled down and slept like a baby.

My biggest concern with adding Pint, a male puppy, to the house, was how Porter would react. He was so good with Slice that I really hoped that same would be true with Pint. Well it would appear that Pint is very quickly winning Porter over and he will have an awesome big brother to depend on. Slice is also turning out to be a fabulous big sister and is overjoyed with the opportunity to have a playmate her size.

Pint is now 8 weeks old and we have started with our puppy training of skills and behaviours. First lesson, learnign his name. Going very well. When he hears his name he whips his head up and looks for where I am and once he sees me he comes running. It is just so cute! Next lesson, playing with balls. I got a whole bucket of balls out for him and we just played with all of them. It was so much fun! When I tried to put them away he decided he should just help himself. Good Boy!

This weekend we are off on a road trip to Saskatoon for an agility trial. So far, Pint just adapts to whatever environment I put him in. More updates to follow weekly as he grows.