Hyper Collie !

Well she is now beginning to show her true colours !

She can vary between being a very calm, sweet dog to certainly in the evening becoming a snapping, wild, full of energy challenge !  We are doing all the things the books say such as ignore her when she isnt behaving and also saying a strong "No" - "uh uh" or actually growling which seemed to work well.

However on a positive, she has learnt "Sit" and this has been useful actually to make her behave and sit down instead of jumping.

We have bought some more toys - a puppy bone from Asda and some new tennis balls for dogs from Asda which didnt have so much fluff on them to be chewed off.

We also have a stair gate up now so she is kept in the kitchen. This apparently is a good idea, apart from protecting your carpets but it also stops them being given the "right" to greet people at the door which lets them get a big opinion of themselves in the "pack" which is not what you want.

Also we discovered a new game she likes tonight - hide a dog treat in a box along with her toys. Kept her busy for a while !

I have signed up for dog training classes which begin in February !

Also she is still sleeping well in her crate at night. We have allowed her to roam the kitchen for the last few nights and that has worked well. She appears to get up to go to the toilet and then go back to her crate to sleep.

So we have reached 9 weeks with her !

Two weeks to go until she is allowed outside and I think that will help to let her run off some steam.