hi there,
happy valentines day to all!!! hugs all around :)
sorry i have been really bad at updating my blog! i have a good excuse though!
as of right now i have a sleeping puppy in my arms so i am typing with one hand. i picked him up on campus because he didn't have a home and was abandoned in portsmouth. It was obvious that he was sick with worms and was malnourished. one look at this pup and I was hooked!! Even though we are not allowed to have dogs at our place, I took him anyway to at least take care of him for a little while and make sure he was dewormed. I told my landlord (but was really nervous about her response) and she actually agreed that he could stay for a while until we found him a home. I still consider him my puppy though!! I am really careful with whom I let take care of him, and my one major rule is that I will not give him to a student. Ideally, I would like him, but that may not work out unless we moved to the river house which is a bit more expensive per month. It is hard because I am completely attached, and we have watched him learn so much. I feel that no one else will be able to take care of him the way we do. No one is good enough in my eyes!!
Asif has been really good with helping to train him and babysit him. He taught him how to walk nicely on his leash, how to retrieve his toys (which he is still trying to master) and to sit nicely. He is a way different puppy now than the day I brought him home! He was a monster... I hardly slept at night. He still likes to chew anything in his path, but he is starting to understand what he can and cannot chew. He has a stuffed duck toy (named "Jean Luc Canard"..long story), and Martin made him a rope toy. Those are the only two things we allow him to chew!
It is so nice to see him getting healthier! His has taken his full dose of de-wormer and it has worked wonders. His belly has gone down quite a bit and he is looking more like a normal size puppy.
So other than that, nothing much is new around here! It was a stressful couple of weeks, as Martin had his first mini exam and a practical exam in the same week. Crazy!!! He got through it though :) I am proud of him for all of his hard work.
Hope all is well back home!
Peace, love, happiness (and pups),
Stef xoxoxo
