Last Night

Last night was the first with “Cooper”, showed him his crate where he quickly fell asleep, than the boys climbed in with him. And after the car trip, which he did not like at all, I can’t blame him! We had to stop and get him a halter and leash, few toys, and huge bag of food.

When Cooper woke up, his first potty was a family affair! We all walked with him, watched, cheered, and than his “potty treat”…

I know this is gross, but… his first potty!!! He tinkled, outside!!!

Cooper walked a little more, being as cute as he can possibly be. We are all aware that when he wakes up he needs to go out, when he eats or drinks he needs to go out, and we do the bells by the door in hopes he’ll in the future let us know when he needs to go potty. I just hope he is smarter than us, because this is my first time doing potty training with a dog.

I did my research, asked those that have done it, and “crate training” is the best. Plus the breeder let us know, echoing back what I read, so I figured we had to be on the right track. We are not under any illusion he’ll magically be trained, we’re expecting some bumps in the road, and know we have two years of the “puppy stage”… I live in a house of all boys, I’ve already resigned to the fact I’ll be too old to enjoy owning nice things, and that my boys never truly grow up.