It's hard to believe that we've already had Leia for two whole weeks! I swear that she's already gained at least 5 pounds and must be a foot taller than when we first brought her home. The last couple of weeks have been pretty awesome - really, truly, awesome.
Leia is a puppy who likes to play at 3 minute intervals every hour or so and spends pretty much all other times asleep. She doesn't fetch; she doesn't get excited by a Kong stuffed with treats; she could take or leave a rawhide; she doesn't gnaw on her nylabones (in fact, she doesn't chew on anything that she isn't supposed to); and she's not so fond of walks. She's one strange little puppy.
These past two weeks have had their fair share of "OMG, dog poop in the bathroom!" and "Ugh, she peed as I was putting the leash on her," but after nearly half a bottle of Nature's Miracle, our potty training is doing pretty well. It's been hard finding a balance of the right number of walks, when to put her to bed, when to set my alarm for her first walk of the day, but we're getting there slowly but surely. Not gonna lie, there has been a lot of espresso in my life lately to combat my newfound early mornings.
Thankfully, the cats aren't reacting terribly to their new sister and after a night of shunning us completely are back to sleeping with us at night and are slowly getting to be more comfortable with Leia. Of course, we aren't at snuggling besties yet, but it's only been two weeks. For now, there's lots of hissing from under the bed, swats from the bench in the kitchen and bouts of growling from the bed, but Leia takes it all in stride and only has a couple scratches to show for it. Just watching her with the cats you can tell that she came from a home with cats; they only hold her attention for a few minutes at a time, and she has never snapped back at them. Mostly, she reacts to their attitude with extra excitement, a couple of barks, and that trademark pitbull frog leg stretch.
Sixteen snuggly days later, we could not be more happy to have brought our little pittie princess home. She is just about perfect for us and we can't wait to see what hijinks she comes up with as she gets bigger.
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She is just too adorable! And it's so great that there haven't been too many issues between her and your cats. My hubs says we can't get a dog because it wouldn't be fair to our cats, but I think that's just a lame excuse! They can get along after an adjustment period!
ReplyDeleteWe were really worried about the cats and are making sure to shower them in attention during this transition. We actually got the puppy before moving to a new place so that it was easier on the cats. I'll keep you posted, but from what I've read online, as long as your cats are easygoing and the dog doesn't have a strong prey drive, you can have snuggled up pets in a matter of weeks.
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