Rosie Update: 6 days in her new home

Rosie has been with us for almost a week now and I'd say she's almost acclimated to her new home. She only has one or two major experiences left to face - staying at home by herself for about 8 hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays until the end of the semester, and traveling home to SC with us in the car for 8 hours.

Rosie is just a little sweetheart - she loves to cuddle on the couch and sleep next to us during the day. We haven't heard her bark yet, she just groans like an old man when she stretches and repositions in her sleep - it's the cutest thing! She loves wearing sweaters and her coat to go outside and her leash behavior is improving. When we got her on Tuesday she weighed 12.4 pounds. I weighed her last night and she's 13.4 - she's gained a pound! She's still finishing up her medicine to help fix her gastrointestinal issues she had two weeks ago resulting from worms, etc, but she's doing great now.

Some of Rosie's favorite things are:

-cuddling under her fleece blankets to stay warm
-tucking her nose in any little crevice while sleeping to stay warm
-playing with her squeaky ball
-playing with her kong toy
-laying on her dogbed
-going for walks & dashing up the stairs as fast as she can go
-meeting new people
-meeting new doggies
-chasing leaves tumbling in the wind
-peanut butter & pupperoni
-going to Petsmart to see other doggies and be petted by adoring shoppers
-getting her face washed at night
-having her belly rubbed
-a good massage behind the ears
-being held and carried
-watching TV
-listening to Christmas music

You may not be able to tell, but I'm no bigger than a cat!

I love my fleece blanket!

This is how I spend most of my day.

cuddler

in my new coat ready to go outside

She's getting pretty good at sitting on command, giving her toy when commanded to "give," and she will "wait" for her food to be placed in her bowl outside the kitchen and come when we say "ok" to enter and eat. She definitely understands the meaning of "no" and will stop doing whatever she's doing (wrong) when we say it sharply. She also knows to stay out of the dining area when we're at the table eating instead of sitting by us waiting for anything to drop from the table. She's going to be a great dog!