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.
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