New Harnesses!

The Boys got their first harnesses today. The harnesses are not perfect and are still a little bit big on them, but for the next week we are just going to put them on them with their little collars and get them used to walking on a lead in the house. 

We had a look online and this corresponds with some advice we were given because its very overwhelming for a puppy on their first trip outside! 

The pups have both wanted to chew on the harnesses, they did the same thing the first time we but their (kitten) collars on. but thy soon got bored and we are hoping they will have the same reaction with the harnesses. 

They don’t seem keen on the leads at the moment, but that’s okay. They are not running away on the leads and they aren’t pulling on them either… more just staying underneath our legs in a I’m not sure about this Daddy/Mummy please take it off. We are pretty sure this is fine though, after just 10 minutes of having the harnesses and leads on they couldn’t resist having a play and at that point we felt it was a good time to take it off and try again tomorrow. We just want them to feel comfortable with these on and don’t want to pressurize them. 

We left the harnesses on and these got chewed on whilst resulted in a few cute and more natural pictures 🙂

Magic Found the TV & Socks found the Camera Tassle…

Magic found the television last night, he had been rushing around like mad for the last hour or so with Socks when suddenly he just stopped, sat down and watched the TV for the next 10 minutes whilst i desperately tried to quietly get my camera out without them noticing (the camera has a tassle on it they love to try and chew/catch) I failed in this task but did manage to get a picture of both of them in the act! Magic watching TV and Socks trying to catch the tassle!

Heres the Pictures I managed to get of them 🙂

Sorry I’ve been quiet – been busy training puppies!

Well this week I have been very busy with work and training the puppies. 

They now know the command “Down” “No” and “Oi”. 

Oi was a bit of an accident, but sometimes when you catch them doing something and you just can’t get your words out quick enough we say “oi!” haha, they are very cheeky and have been told oi a few times especially when they start trying to pull clothing off the clothing rail, chewing the carpet and (their favorite) chewing the door stop… They have toys everywhere yet they still love the chew on those things they aren’t allowed…

No is very easily ignored by both Magic and Socks at the moment, we are fairly sure they know what it means but will put off doing as they are told until the very last moment when we either start to move to make them stop or raise our voice so tat they can’t misunderstand it lol. 

Down is a bit like the no command, they know what it means but will ignore you some of the time. We are trying to be quite strict with the down command because whilst we don’t mind them coming up on the sofa and jumping up at us, we do want to be able to have friends over and the sofa needs to remain human territory, not adorable whippet territory! The same applies to them jumping up as they need to get use to not jumping up at people as they need to get used to this strange small human that comes around, Our 2 year old Nephew Caleb.

Caleb is very good with Magic and Socks and they are very good with Caleb. There have been a few tears then Caleb has tripped over them or accidentally been scratched, but the puppies are very very good with him. Its very exciting stuff when Caleb comes to visit because everybody wants to play and its FUN! but they have learnt very quickly that they can not groom him like they do us and that is absolutely great for puppies which are only 10 and a half weeks old! 

Here is a picture of Caleb and the puppies having fun! 

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Magic Dreaming

Magic was dreaming and looking cute so I started filming him – but them daddy starting clapping the tennis on TV and the dosey waking up shock made me laugh x

Getting to know each other

Now the puppies are home we have started to get to know them and their personalities. They were both very very shy at first and did an awful lot of sleeping (photos will follow soon of them being adorable and asleep), but now they have grown into their own little personalities 🙂

Socks is fairly independent and not as needy as Magic. He loves his tummy being rubbed but does not like being cuddled. He likes to sit on our lap and go to sleep, but will not tolerate cuddles and baby cradling. He is very licky and we think he is teething, he loves chewing on a frozen toy though or an ice cube (we were told this would help sooth his gums). Socks took to the puppy pad training very very quickly and the praise and fuss worked very well for him. We are very proud of this little boy and looking forward to how his personality grows as he gets older 🙂

Magic is like a little teddy bear, he loves his cuddles and will be cradled like a baby (as seen below). He is a lot more whiney than Socks and wants to be played with and cuddled all the time. We have had to stop holding him all the time though because he was getting into the routine of sleeping on us and then playing when not. and then refusing to sleep when not on us… so we had to encourage him to sleep in their beds. Bless him.

They really do have beautiful personalities which I hope you will get to know them too through reading this blog. They really are special little boys xxx