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We are all really trying to find out who our puppies are before it is too late. Too late for what? To have the perfect dog, the perfect competitor, the dog we refer back to when they're gone as "they were the best dog ever?"
It is a journey for me, and it is the journey that we need to live and experience. Aren't I just too full of myself this morning? I will chalk it up to being sleep deprived. Of course I want to do this just perfectly, but I know I am human and I'll probably repeat some of the things I always repeat. Which isn't too bad as long as it isn't hurtful.

Yip was wonderful yesterday with her feet being handled. She got over that temper tantrum pretty quick. I need to make sure it is a part of my handling every day. Touch feet, hold her gently on her back, go over her body, handle her mouth. I even name what I am doing. Ears, feet, mouth, and so forth.
Today I am going to work on the touching game (for lack of a better description) and collar with leash. Always the basics too. Lay down for a cookie, stand and look, sit for meals. This is done quickly and with luring. She is 10 weeks old and life is fun and full of adventures. It is exhausting raising a puppy!!

Oh, a comment about toys. When I ask someone about the toys they use for their puppies, they always say their dogs have a ton of toys. Yippee has a big bag full of toys. She plays with them with me. I sit down, I have old knees too, folks, but you gotta get down to play, and we go through the toys together. We squeak toys, throw them, I turn her with them. We play together. I want her wanting to play with me, I am the keeper of all really cool, fun things!

Again, she is not allowed to have certain types of toys unsupervised - such as rope toys, or anything she can rip and eat. These things do not digest and she can get very ill. Seriously so. I use Kong stuffed with food, and nylabones.