Keeping Up with Minnie

Hello! Things have been pretty busy around here - so I have been slacking on the posts! Minnie enjoyed her first holiday season - she went to the fam's house for Christmas, where she played with her cousin Jack, ate lots of yummy food, went for a walk (since it was WARM outside), and left us a little Christmas "present" in the dining room! So far, she left us a lovely present in the house on Thanksgiving, the first night of Hanukkah, and then on Christmas day. We were expecting her to leave us some on New Year's (since holiday "presents" seem to be her thing), but we lucked out!


Minnie is about 3.5 months old now, and she's starting to lose her puppy fur! It makes me sad! Not only because it's all over the house and all over our clothes (I don't mind it so much), but mainly because that means she's turning into a big girl!! I love her puppy fur...it's so soft! This new stuff seems to be kind of coarse. Hopefully she'll grow some more fuzzy fur in soon!


Husband and I left Minnie at his parents house on Christmas for about an hour while we went home to change. And boy, did Minnie miss us! According to his sister, when Minnie noticed we were gone, she walked all over the house looking for us and crying at the same time. Then she laid under the hall table, where she could get a view of both the front door and back door to see if we were coming back in! Poor Minn! She missed her Ma and Daddy!


Minnie's been on about 4 actual walks, and so far she's been doing well (for a puppy). I think instead of walks, we should probably call them zig zags! She is seriously all over the place. She wants to run, sniff stuff, stop, sniff stuff, walk right under my feet, walk way ahead of me, walk behind me....pretty much she likes to walk anywhere but next to me! We'll keep working on it though. We're lucking out because the weather's been so nice - I was worried about her being cooped up all winter! We've also been working with Minnie on her skills - so far she knows sit, stay (kind of), lay down (kind of), crate (she runs right in there when it's time for bed!), and she's working on shake. What a busy girl!


Now that the holidays are over, things will probably get back to normal around our house. We've had tons of visitors wanting to see Minnie, and it seems like each time someone comes over, she gets a new bone or toy! Lucky dog!

Christmas wore her out hardcore! 

Sleeping on her back with her paws on the wall...what a weirdo.

Hi pretty!

Snoozin...usually followed by a giant stretch!

Learning and (kind of) growing

Minnie's a pretty small girl (when we got her she only weighed in at 6 lbs, even though she was 8 weeks old). This weekend we took Minnie to the vet, feeling confident that she weighed at least 10 lbs. She's been eating 3 meals a day, eating treats, and getting a little thicker (although we're not sure if it's fat or fur!), so we were sure she's made progress.  Unfortunately, she only gained 2 lbs in 2 weeks, and weighs in at about 8 lbs, which is pretty small for a 10 week old golden. The vet didn't seem to be concerned though, so we'll just keep doing what we're doing and make sure she stays healthy!


Other than that, little Minnie had a great weekend (minus the 2 shots she got!) She met some more new people, had plenty of backyard playtime on her own without getting in too much trouble, met a dog that weighs 10 times more than her, practiced "sit" and "fetch," ate dry food without the stinky wet food mixed in, and was accident free! She also seems to like climbing up on things (maybe she thinks she's a cat?) such as the dishwasher, kitchen drawers, the fireplace, and random furniture.


Minnie also seems to "sleep in" on the weekends until 6:30 am....but whenever the work week rolls in, she keeps waking us up between 4:30 and 5:45! Minnnieeeeeeee!


Something Minnie learned this weekend - she does NOT like the vacuum. Or the Shark floor steamer. But since she's the one causing the need for the vacuum and the steamer, she'll have to get used to it! :)