Finally!

Yeah! Wookie is finally home! Eight weeks seem to take forever when you’re waiting… We’re really grateful to the breeder for letting us visit so often…

We went to pick her up Wednesday the 23th of December, as to give her some time to get to know our home before the busy days around Christmas. She’s been a very good doggy in the car on the way home. Things outside seemed very interesting, she climbed on my arm to be able to look out the window even!

At home, everything was like a playground to her, of course… Especially the Christmas tree… She really liked the ornaments down below, but when you find her trying to catch them you must reprimand her, although it really was kind of cute… Funny thing is we bought her dozens of toys but those didn’t seem as interesting as our tree, the blankets on the couch or some of the surround system’s cables… In the mean time she’s starting to learn what’s hers and what’s ours, and she sticks to her stuff now…

Going to sleep was another obstacle we had to overcome. We had a little bench and the idea was to keep that bench in our sleeping room, to give her the feeling that she wasn’t alone. After half an hour of whining, she went to sleep, only to be up at five, some four hours later… and I hate mornings… a lot… The second night was even worse, she cried as if someone was killing her… And again, at five o’clock, “rise and shine you guys, I’m awake, here me?!”… We decided to give her a new place to sleep in the kitchen, ‘cause there really wasn’t much progress… But she likes the kitchen it seems, she’s been quiet for two nights now. I think she’s more comfortable with it because she used to sleep in the kitchen at the breeder’s too. She’s very happy to see us in the morning however!

After nine weeks, Wookie already is housebroken. Again, we have to thank the breeder for putting so much effort in teaching Wookie and her brothers and sisters all these little things. She does her thing on the newspaper we put out, and we’ll keep a dog’s box as we live in an apartment. It’s a good idea to keep a safety net in case of emergencies.

Today we went to the park. Wookie didn’t like the leash at all! At first she was really terrified, she wouldn’t move and looked pretty scared… But once she was at the park, things worked out fine. We’ll try a little walk every day from now on, just to get her used to it.

Anyway, she’s adorable, we really love her… Apart from biting our fingers and sleeping, she loves to play with foxie, one of the toys we got her before she arrived.

I think Wookie’s the best Christmas gift ever…!