First week of the new puppy. Pepper is a 7 week old mini-schnauzer. Cute as hell.
She's a handful though, as most puppies are! The hard part about the puppy is you have to avoid certain habits when they are babies, so they don't get used to them when they get older and have separation anxiety or aggressive behavior. So since she's going to have to stay alone at home while we're at work, we are trying to get her used to this right away. This involves so much extra driving though to go home at lunch to check on her! She's doing great with it, although she cries a lot when I first leave her in our laundry room. Sounds like a screeching monkey. Buddy sometimes gives her a "shut up" bark to I discovered while waiting on the other side of the front door listening to see if she stops. All and all she's a smart, good-natured loving little girl. Marc and I got a lot of dog training books out of the library, and so far the best one by far has been "Before and After getting your Puppy - Dr. Ian Dunbar. " He is great and really gets into the psychology of the puppy. A couple other good tools is chew toys! Especially the ones you can stuff food in. We have found the one that is two pieces that screws together is the best. Since it's hard for her we can make it easier to get her food out.