Struggling
I’m struggling with Pebbles at the moment. Partly I’m feeling jealous. Mum is spending a lot of time with me and doing everything she can to make sure I know I’m loved. The problem is that it’s obvious that I can’t have her undivided attention anymore and that’s pretty hard to take. It’s not so bad when Pebbles is calm, but I’m not in the best of health and when she’s really lively I just don’t know how to handle things. Mum is not letting us play together without very close supervision and she’s probably right. She will never forget what happened when Shadow put Aristotle in his place when he was small. That led to his elbow dysplasia and Mum certainly doesn’t want any risk of Pebbles being injured.
An outing
As part of socialising Pebbles she went out with Mum delivering Christmas cards around the village. Pebbles went in the rucksack / pet carrier and Mum carried her. Poor Pebbles found the whole thing a bit scary and was shaking. Mum only took her for some of the time and said she’ll finish delivering the cards today. It was having cars go by that worried Pebbles most. She hasn’t experienced anything like that before. When she came home she was worn out and went to sleep for a couple of hours.
She also experienced her first snow – that was first thing yesterday morning when she went outside. It didn’t settle but there were big flakes in the air. Pebbles quite liked that. Mum was still in her pyjamas so wasn’t quite so keen.
Changing food
Pebbles has begun the process of changing to the same brand of dog food that I eat. It’s too soon to say if she’ll like it. To begin with Mum is mixing ¾ of her old food with only a ¼ of the new one. After a couple of days, as long as Pebbles is feeling ok, then she’ll move to ½ and ½ and so on.
Today
Today is a rest day for Pebbles. Mum is hoping to do a little outside of games for training, but Pebbles is having a day off from going anywhere new or meeting new people. We don’t want things to get too much for her. I guess she’s struggling with all the changes too.
Love
Wilma
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