Ready for Day 2!

Hey! We survived the first night!  While is seemed like Paz barked, howled, bayed, whined and cried for hours when she went into her crate, it was actually only for 15 minutes.  Then, amazingly, she went to sleep.  Following the advice of the TSA puppy program specialists, we woke Paz up about 4 hours later to go outside to "take a break."  We're asked to get our puppy to associate the phrase "take a break" with a potty break; somehow "take a break" seems to sound better coming from a big, burly bomb dog handler than "go potty" does!  Fortunately, Paz complied with the request and went back to her crate for another round of barking, howling, etc.  Again, it seemed like forever before she went back to sleep but this time it was only about 20 minutes.  At this stage of the game, I'm hoping the crying time will get shorter! Lucky for us, Paz slept in for another 4 hours!!!!

Paz spent much of her day today exploring our home and yard. We are getting better at recognizing her TAB (take a break) signs, so there have been fewer accidents.  She is still light years away from being housebroken though!  She loved running in the sprinklers and looking for sticks.  

Chewing is definitely her favorite pastime.  Here's a short list of her favorite chew toys:

Nylabones

Hands

Empty milk jugs

Feet & toes

Kong Wubba

Jed's tail

An electric cord (unplugged!!!)

A new rug

People

Sticks

You get the idea.  It certainly keeps all of us in shoes and watchful.  Believe me, her puppy teeth are SHARP!

Paz's 2nd favorite activity today was tormenting Jed and Ding. Here's a picture of Ding, seeking refuge from Paz!

Bless their hearts they are getting very little peace.  We're becoming very creative at ways of giving them a break and still keeping dog peace in our home.  Both of them are warming up to her; it's going to take some time as Paz is already much bigger than Ding and will soon pass Jed up!

We took Paz for a couple of short walks today, partly to get her used to a leash, and partly to wear her out!  It's over 100 degrees here already, so she can't stay out too long.  She is very curious and isn't afraid of anything she's encountered yet. I'm really hoping she spends less time squawking in her crate tonight and that we all get a good night's sleep! Fortunately for our family, I'm off work for the summer and Kate is home and only working part time.  Sounds like tag team puppy watching to me!