Yeah, Mr. Wilson loves the dogs, he's like an annoying little brother to them though. He'll annoy them until they "attack" and then make a pathetic crying noise like "moooom, she's hurting me" or he'll taunt them from the stairs so they'll chase him up and then he goes and jumps in his room where they can't get him. (His room is blocked with a baby gate.)
Update: Kimiko has started sleeping in our bed. (: It was always our intention that once she got to a trusted age she wouldn't have to sleep in her crate anymore. She is getting older and better about not getting into things, so I figured I'd give her a chance. The night before last (Monday night) was her first test. Normal bed time routine: Go into bedroom, cage Kimiko, turn off light, and get in bed with Kiyomi. Monday night: Kimiko jumped into bed before going into her cage, so I decided to let her stay, went to turn of the light and got into bed.
Kiyomi's reaction was pretty entertaining(I had my cell phone as a light), she just looked back and forth between me and Meeko like "You forgot something". Then she went and stood over Meeko like "This doesn't belong here" (these are the things I imagine her saying... don't judge me :P). When she realized that I was settling in for sleep and not getting back up she came and laid as close to me as she possibly could. Her body was completely pressed against me with her head on my chest. Guess she wanted to make sure that Meeko couldn't get any cuddle room.
Anyways, Meeko stayed in bed all night and let me know when she woke up by pouncing on me and licking my face at 0730. I let her sleep with me again last night, and the same thing happened. She's such a good girl. (:
Oh, she also got to meet a new friend. My old roommate and good friend has a 3 1/2 yr old Siberian Husky(Aurora). When we lived together Aurora and Kiyomi were best friends, they were together 24/7 when not crated... So we got all three of them together for a play date. (: Kimiko was a little unsure at first, but I think seeing Kiyomi and Aurora go into puppy play mode together helped her decide that Aurora was to be trusted. I'll try to get some pictures or video's the next time we get together. (:
Thank you! She really is too cute. I hate it sometimes. Its impossible to be mad at her about anything. The other morning I went to feed the cat and clean his litter box, Kiyomi and Meeko went downstairs to be let out. I finished with the cat to find a deck of cards spread all about the living room and a Meeko bounding happily over to me with half a chewed up card box, like "Mom look! I found the new toy you left me on the coffee table!". Silly puppy.
Measured and weighed Meeko today. She is about 20 inches at the withers (hard to get exactly how tall, since she kept moving) and 28lbs. Probably still small compared to her brothers, but she looks so big next to Kiyomi. Got a picture of me holding her.
Yeah she is skinny ): we keep upping her food to try to get her to gain weight, she hasn't yet. I just bought some sweet potato purée (its just organic sweet potato, nothing else added)that I'm going to start adding to her food to see if that helps. She currently gets 3cups of Blue Buffalo wilderness per day (their recommendation for dogs up to 40lbs is 2.25 cups).
@ttddinh Yeah, I figured she was still small compared to her brothers.
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It was always our intention that once she got to a trusted age she wouldn't have to sleep in her crate anymore. She is getting older and better about not getting into things, so I figured I'd give her a chance. The night before last (Monday night) was her first test.
Normal bed time routine:
Go into bedroom, cage Kimiko, turn off light, and get in bed with Kiyomi.
Monday night:
Kimiko jumped into bed before going into her cage, so I decided to let her stay, went to turn of the light and got into bed.
Kiyomi's reaction was pretty entertaining(I had my cell phone as a light), she just looked back and forth between me and Meeko like "You forgot something". Then she went and stood over Meeko like "This doesn't belong here" (these are the things I imagine her saying... don't judge me :P). When she realized that I was settling in for sleep and not getting back up she came and laid as close to me as she possibly could. Her body was completely pressed against me with her head on my chest. Guess she wanted to make sure that Meeko couldn't get any cuddle room.
Anyways, Meeko stayed in bed all night and let me know when she woke up by pouncing on me and licking my face at 0730. I let her sleep with me again last night, and the same thing happened. She's such a good girl. (:
They look great!
The other morning I went to feed the cat and clean his litter box, Kiyomi and Meeko went downstairs to be let out. I finished with the cat to find a deck of cards spread all about the living room and a Meeko bounding happily over to me with half a chewed up card box, like "Mom look! I found the new toy you left me on the coffee table!".
Silly puppy.
Got a picture of me holding her.
She currently gets 3cups of Blue Buffalo wilderness per day (their recommendation for dogs up to 40lbs is 2.25 cups).
@ttddinh Yeah, I figured she was still small compared to her brothers.