i am home!

brought snuffles home today and was pleasantly surprised by his manners!

what an adorable little pup, peeing x5 and pooping x1 in his pee pen without any instruction. of course, he was duly rewarded with treats and praised when i caught him in the act. clever little boy.

and he hardly barks/whines, except for when i put him in the cage and ignored him (to prevent separation anxiety). but even then he calmed down after i put a baby bolster with my scent (i was sleeping with it for the past 2 weeks) in his cage. thanks isabelle for sewing him that lovely toy!

(ps he totally enjoys biting it now haha)

trained him using the click-praise-treat method and it seems quite effective! after collecting him at about 6pm, we had a few fun play/training sessions and now he can sit and respond to his name. of course, he's most sensitive to my voice amongst the rest of my family, but slowly hes getting the hang of the commands.

he seems to like jumping up alot and i'm not letting him get away with it. of course this is NO THANKS to my family (especially my parents) who WANTS him to jump up at them coz they think its cute. -.-

but if he does that to me, he is NOT getting any attention till he sits.

we played alot of hide and seek today too, which involves me hiding some place and calling out his name repeatedly. when he finds me, id click-praise-treat. haha he looks ADORABLE when hes running.  but he doesnt seem to enjoy this game with the other members of my family. haha.

my father remarked that snuffles is very skinny and i agree, the collar i bought for him was actually too big! and it was an adjustable collar! even though i adjusted the diameter to the smallest possible length, it was still way too big. so i removed it while he was sleeping. dont want it to get hooked on to anything.

oh and i warmed up some pet milk for him today too.

i think i gave him too much, because he couldnt finish it. hope he grows strong and healthy. 

it seems i wont have much problems with separation anxiety with snuffles. i left for about 0.5 hours to pick my brother up and he didnt whine. i think the bolster really helps. alot.

well, i'm all tired out from playing with snuffles today. its a long day ahead tomorrow with more fun training sessions (and some studying for me too!)

good night everybody! woof!