December 17th

Well, the pup has been here since the 29th of November and is adjusting well. Bailey and the puppy play together, and think that when one has a toy or food it must be better then the identical one they have. So they walk around pretending not to notice and as soon as the other is gone SWIPE.

Josh loves the attention of two dogs. Now there are more race cars on the track :) at least in his mind. Rose and Bailey just think they are playing chase. Since Rose is slower then her buddies she frequently hides under the dinning room table or the coffee table and jumps out as Josh and Bailey are just passing her and darts to the next hide out.

Bailey and Rose spend their awake hours wrestling or chasing one another around. I have been amazed yet agian at how gentle Baiely is with those smaller then her. Bailey is such a pushover, Rose decides to eat Baileys dinner and Bailey stands back and looks to Tyler or myself for help, she wont push Rose out of the way herself.

Rose has learned qutie a bit in the short time we have had her. She has learned "No" and "Leave It." She has also learned how to use the dog doors. We only had one accident this past week and it was because the dogs weren't able to get outside.

Rose's newest trick is "Sit" I have her come to me and say sit, and as long as she isn't excited and Tyler's not around she will "Sit" on command. :) It's Puppys first words LOL.

Well I'll keep this one short and sweet, and hopefully I'll post again right after Christmas.

December

The latest news in the Clements family....

For Thanksgiving Tyler's sister Susan and her family came to Boise and we had a blast with them. I always love it when Tyler's family comes to town. Their little one Paul is getting bigger and is a social butterfly. He has an attention-span similar to Josh: here one minute and gone the next.

For Thanksgiving we went over to Great Grandma's house, and we had Josh this time around. The turkey was wonderful along with all the rest of the food, lets just say afterwords I was stuffed like a bird. After lunch it was time to look at the sales ads and then it was time for pumpkin cheesecake and pies. (It was the first cheesecake I've made, it was OK but not great).

The next day Tyler and I stayed home. We decided that we weren't going to be participants of the Black Friday marathon and avoided stores as much as possible. We did run out to Petco in the afternoon though. Apparently Petco doesn't participate in Black Friday either, there weren't any sales and there weren't a whole lot of people or pets. Bailey helped pick out toys and treats for her and the new puppy.

The rest of the week was uneventful until Thursday the 29th. Thursday (well actually Friday) at 12am we picked up the puppy from the airport. We brought Bailey with us because we wanted them to meet on neutral territory. Bailey's first reaction was sniff sniff and then hide behind daddy's legs. The puppy's was hiding her head in my coat. On the car ride home the puppy was in her crate and Bailey was as far away from the puppy as she could possibly be in the back seat of the Honda. She also refused to look at me for the duration of the car ride.

When we got home we fed the dogs, gave them treats, then potty break and to bed. The next morning I had to go to work, so I got up at 7 fed the puppy did more potty breaks and got ready for work. Around noon Tyler brought the puppy by my work where she spent the rest of the afternoon. We got home Friday night and surprised Josh with the puppy, then it was play, play, play, eat, sleep, and around again.

Bailey is getting used to the puppy, they are now playing together and having fun. Bailey's still not too sure about sleeping together though. Puppy snuggles next and Bailey jumps up and heads for a new room.

When Tyler brings his computer home I will get some new pictures up...hopefully this week sometime. We lost our cable to the camera when we moved to the house in Nampa, so we have to download the photos via SD card on the laptop.