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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