Saturday, April 23, 2011

Harry the Whippet Puppy

Harry is a 11 week old Whippet puppy. We've had him for about a week and there has been so much chaos!

Relentless toilet paper pinching, galloping, biting and jumping.

I suppose taking him camping wasn't the best idea - we went for two nights - but he did learn to be on a lead and walking him is very easy now. The hardest part is making sure everyone in the house treats him the same way. It's a bit difficult with 6 other adults living here, but one thing is for sure: he'll be very well socialised with humans!

Yesterday he very nearly mastered heeling on a lead. His walk today was very good too, we saw a lot of people out and about with their children (it being Easter Sunday today) and Harry got a few pats on the head.

I learnt yesterday that we really shouldn't play tug-of-war with him - that's going to be a hard game for him to stop doing - it was his favourite! But my hands just can't cope with any more sharp bites!