Two Days In..

Well, we are two days in and so far, so good! He's doing a pretty good job on the potty training end of things. Our biggest concern right now is his nipping. He's a chewer, as are all labs. But, this boy likes to chew on PEOPLE! That's not good, so we're working to get him to redirect himself to his toys. Sometimes it's working, sometimes, not so much. But, hey, we're only on day two here. Hopefully he'll continue to learn what's best and what the word "no!" means. :-)



We've already started training him to kill skunks. He likes to carry this one around like it's fresh kill. Take that, skunks!!

This is just a shot of cuteness. Finally got him to sit still for a second, so I could take a picture of him. :-) And, yes, he's really that cute in person too!

We wanted to find a way to keep him mostly in the kitchen on the lino until he's potty trained. Pete came up with this idea, which worked out quite nicely. Just wasn't easy for the me or the kids to get over. You'll see he came up with a MUCH better idea last night.

We bought this gate, so we could corral him during dinner or if we had to get a shower or something. He doesn't like it very much though. He'll sit there and whine until you come pay attention to him. Thankfully Livie likes to hang out in there and play.

Here is Tater's toy bin. He usually just likes to dump it or attack it. We actually caught him laying in it and had to take a picture. Couldn't you just eat him up?!

I think being around his 10 other brothers and sisters caused him to be a little on the stinky side, so we gave him a bath yesterday. As much as he seems to like water (he ALWAYS dumps his water when he's drinking), he did NOT like having a bath. We'll see if that changes as he gets older.

Livie wanted a picture with him as they were both getting ready for bed. Tater was off to dreamland shortly after this picture was taken. :-)

... that is, until Pete got him out again and the playtime began!

Today was a busy day. We went to his first vet check and, after that, headed over to the pet store to get a bell to hang on the door for when he needs to go outside. All that running around tuckered him clean out! He came home and promptly fell asleep mid-bite into his new doggie pillow. :-)

Since Tater wasn't liking the boxed in thing very much, we used it as a divider wall. It's worked out GREAT that way! And much better than the wall of bins we had before. Gives him more room to run around too. You see part of his plethora of toys laying there on the floor.

Here are the rest of them. He's not spoiled at all, is he? So, here we are on day 2 of puppiness and so far things are going well. He's a very sweet boy and, other than the nipping, is wonderful. He loves meeting people and loves to pounce around outside and play with you. Everyone has fallen in love with him already - that is, except the cat. He keeps trying to convince her to play with him, but she's having no part of that. I don't see their relationship improving any time soon. ;-)