Dhali Playing

Awwww remember when Dhali was sooo little??? I can't believe how fast the time is going by! He's so much bigger now! But still just as busy :)

Dhali's Day: Playing!, New Toys! and Shopping!

This is Dhali's lunch time nap.  The day was only half over and he had done so much!

He played with Tibby and ran around the house.  Yup, he's running around the house now.  He still hasn't had a single potty accident, so I'm letting him have some time playing with Tibby on the carpet.  So far it's been just fine.  I even did a 'training' session with him in the living room.  Training for Dhali is chase me and get some kibble!  I'm using the clicker, but just to get him to get used to hearing it.  He has a teeny attention span, but LOVES to chase me, so yay!  And he L-O-V-E-S him some kibble.  mmm, yum, yum.

The living room is nice, because I can close the gate and keep Tibby in the kitchen.  Suddenly Tibby thinks kibble out of my hand is super yummy and she wants some too.  O-kay!  I can live with that :)

Twice now Dhali has gone to the sliding glass door and asked to go outside to potty.  He is seriously so smart!  Today he turned 9 weeks old!

After a nap and some more playing and another nap....THEN I took Dhali shopping.  We went to Runnings.  They didn't say they don't allow dogs and I've seen dogs in there 2 or 3 times, so I thought it would be ok to take him in there.  He was so good!  He rode in his little carrier and then I took him out and carried him around.  We just strolled around and looked at stuff.  I would take something off the shelf and let him sniff it.  He tried to chew on a wooden bird house! ;P  I let him walk around once.  He didn't have his leash on, but he follows me around so it wasn't a problem.

We bought one new toy.  Their toys are SO overpriced, but they let me bring Dhali in, so....

It's a frog toy that ribbits reaaaally loud.  Dhali likes it a lot, but Tibby LOVES it.  She played with it by herself for 20 mins.

I did some other errands later and when I got home she kept bringing me the frog and throwing it at me.  She likes the ribbit noise and wanted me to press the button and throw the frog.  It was cute!

Playing with the froggie.

Tired from all the fun activities!

So then later Dhali and I were playing some fun chasing games outside (Loretta's instructions!) and Tibby decided it looked like fun!  So she came off of the porch and played with us.  She liked the part where Dhali 'catches' me and I fall down LOL!  Nooooo I will not be taping THAT!

Dhali also likes that part.  Then he gets to bite me alllll over.  Bitey! 

"Waaa?  sleepy...."

All those little pieces of gray cardboard?  Dhali destroyed an egg carton!

"I got an ice cream."

I bought them 2 more toys too.  A squeaky ice cream and an orange/purple spot piggie.

"What?"

I should also note that I trimmed the hairs on Dhali's muzzle today.  The ones that were in front of his eyes.  It wasn't too hard.  I did it when he was just waking up from a nap and was still a little bit asleep.

He has also had his nails clipped, ear hairs plucked and been brushed.  Brushing was easiest, then trimming muzzel hairs.  Nails and ears were much harder!

Cribz

"Wanna see my playroom?!"

The white poles are my version of coyote rollers - it keeps him from climbing out of the x-pen.  The white sheet is a garbage bag cut in half.  The idea is to get him used to pushing through things and having things over his head - for agility training.  Lots of toys to play with and make noise.  Chew toys and bully sticks.  It's a long video, but the funniest part is when he tries to get a drink while he's still in the tunnel.  I was going to edit it shorter, but I'm too busy with the puppy!! :)

Just think of it as a web cam LOL!  If you have other dogs in the room you might want to turn the sound down - he makes noises!

This doesn't even show how crazy he can get!  He's so much fun, but I have a hard time capturing it on video, because he likes to run full speed into the camera!

Who's There?

Today I took Dhali to the street market.  I carried him and we walked around through the stalls.  Then we walked up to the hospital and I let him look at the water garden.  He also ran around on the grass next to the parking lot and ran on a brick path through the 'healing garden'.  Then we sat next to the front door and watched people waiting for the bus and coming in and out of the hospital. 

He wasn't wearing a leash, because he's so small and he follows me every where. 

When we got home I tried out his leash and just like his collar he doesn't like wearing a leash either!  The collar was really annoying him - very cute though :)

Next we went to where my Mom works.  She works with vulnerable adults.  Dhali sat on the lap table of one person's wheelchair and enjoyed lots of petting by all the guys.  He saw a little flag and checked out a fan.

He also road around in the purse/bag carrier.  It works really, really well.  Zoe's Mom works with my Mom and she couldn't even tell that Dhali was in the bag.  She said, "Oh, did you bring the baby?"  I I said, "Yeah, he's right here."  She walked over to the car and looked in, "I don't see him?"  I said, "No, he's right here!  In the bag!"  LOL!  She was so surprised!  I think when Dhali grows out of the bag I'll give it to her for Zoe.

Dhali also got to play with the hose in the backyard.  He got wet!  He likes chasing the actually hose, rather than chasing the water.  Although he tried to catch the water droplets too.

Still ZERO potty accidents.  He went potty in a new place, but he's been traveling to different places every day and going potty there with out a problem.  He hasn't pottied on cement yet, so I'll have to make sure he does that soon.

I worked today and he was crated for 4 hours - then I came home for lunch and we played a lot - then he was crated for another 4 hours.   

Tonight there was a dog barking and howling in the neighborhood.  Dhali did not like that at all.  He wanted to go back inside. 

He's a funny little guy.  I made a video of his silliness in the x-pen, but it's still uploading to Youtube.

He's SO MUCH FUN.  I don't get anything done at all around the house.  I do make sure that Tibby gets special cuddle time alone with me.  I don't want her to feel ignored.

He's just so active and.....well, drivey that it's easy to give him more attention. 

He's changing so fast.  I feel like he's grown a bunch already.  They grow up way too fast!