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Almost four weeks ago we adopted an 8 week old mini-schnauzer puppy and named her Caylee.

She has brought a lot of smiles in the house and a lot of “no’s” too. Sometimes she must think her name is “No, Caylee.”

When we got her she weighed 2.4 pounds and the jacket we had for her was way too big. We still used it since she didn’t have much fur.

Yesterday she had her 11 week check-up and has exactly doubled her weight. Because we got down to the lower twenties last night we had to put her jacket back on her and discovered, to our amazement, it is getting too small! It barely velcroes around her neck and belly and instead of hanging over the edge of her bottom it is now about an inch or so up her back from her bottom.

Caylee wants to dominate us, a trait we discovered is common in the breed, so now we are having to make her sit before she eats, goes out or gets held.

She also likes to nip as all puppies do and I had to get creative with that. “Stop!” or “No!” weren’t doing the trick, so yesterday the vet suggested a water pistol or bottle to squirt her when she’s bad. Before we could get that I had to figure out what to do. When she tried to use me for a chew toy I started to call her name and growl at her. She immediately stopped, sniffed my mouth (no, she didn’t pass out) and then started licking me. I just won’t be able to growl at her in public or they’ll commit me.

Today, this puppy who hates her crate, actually went into it for nap time. She’s taking obedience training and can sit, watch us, touch us and go down. This past Saturday’s lesson was on loose leash walking and she seems to be adjusting to that. Next week is “leave it” week, so I look forward to how we can make her do that.

In the above photo you see her at ten weeks. My husband took the shot, so excuse the back end.

I’ll keep you posted on her progress, as we hope to have a well-behaved dog by the time this is over.

Written by Jeanette

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