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Well we thought we were doing quite well last night for the first 6 hours after heading to bed, but at around 4am Rupert decided he wanted to whine. So I waited until he went quiet and then went downstairs to see if he was ok. He'd done a wee in his bed so I scooped him up and took him outside to see if he had anymore stored up. So there I am at 4 in the morning wearing nothing but the most hideous nighty and pair of flip flops standing in the garden whispering "do your business" to a puppy who apparently had no interest at all in actually closing any kind of business deal at all, so after 5 mins or so I take him back inside, into his crate and leave him be.
I guess the silence lasted for about an hour or so before Rupert decided he wanted out again so at around 6.15 am I get up again to go see to him (again waiting for him to quieten down before attending to him). This time though he has a poo and a pee outside and I decide that since I'm up I might as well stay that way, get myself some breakfast and then Rupert and then spend a good deal of time in the garden before Phil gets up.
We spend the majority of the day entertaining Rupert in some way or the other and progressed some on getting him to run between Phil and myself on command. Then in the afternoon when I nip to the gym Phil puppy sits and they both watch the Grand Prix together and do some snoozing.
The remainder of the day was spent playing with Rupert and trying to get him to empty himself of as much food and drink that has gone in and giving him a final good run around just before bed to tire him out good and proper after which he's produced another doo doo, which in my book is good news :)
I've no idea what tonight will be like in terms of sleep since we've not really had a nightly routine with him as of yet. Tonight will be the first night we have some sort of procedure to put him to bed. I've got everything crossed but no doubt it won't be as easy as that :)
Posted by Abi on the June 25, 2006 9:14 PM
That's the way to become a morning person ^,_,^