First time with ice water.. omd they were a hoot!

It's s battle of the wills Rene, but i truly believe the end result will be worth it as long as i can get my beautiful kitties on board. I have ferocious Oscar downstairs and on board. Huck and Andy are still not convinced yet. I'm doing as much reading as i can to work on that. I want harmony, and if I can get the other two back down all will be good. 

There are several different opinions on how to make this work, but of course i don't fall into any of those categories with Huck lol. 

This is our first step forward in success. Izzy is just so curious and wants to follow, which turns into chase if I'm not close by but Oscar won this one 💖

That's great Sally! I use stop but never thought of Bo and no lol. Thank you 

Thank you Karen If I can work with these little ones to be anywhere near as good as you and yours are I will be so happy!

They seem to love to learn right now and are catching on to some things really well. The hardest thing right now is the housebreaking and the kitties, lol. Once we get that under control I think things will be good 

I always wanted a puppy, now I got double trouble lol 

Big hugs!

eurydice said
Careful what you wish for 🤣

They are SO amusing, your sweet pups, but then of course I am not the one cleaning up after them 🤣

Omd and today made me wonder that a few times, lol.

The Roxinator... today they could have been her mini me's lmao. I have read and keep up with all of their stories 😘  That woman is a saint on earth!!

I'll chalk up today to frantic housework and not enough exercise. Once my company is here and i have a week out of work I'm sure things will smooth out 💖💖💖

Hugs and love 💞💖💞😘🤗

Thanks Karen and Sally. Sorry for so many typos, that was on my cell which has a mind of it's own sometimes, lol. The first time he went upstairs like that I was sound asleep in bed and I woke panicked because I just knew for sure he would pee, but he didn't. He is back to sleeping upstairs every night now. We have a barrier at the bottom of the stairs,  We really cannot put a baby gate in front of it, so we got a wooden fence like barrier that is flexible, and Mitchell has figured a way around it. 

I probably owe some thanks to Bo (that is my other news) who loves to be all over Mitchell in his waking hours. Mitch has decided that he needs some time off sometimes, so he goes upstairs for peace and quiet from the pup who is not allowed up there. That is the haven for anybody that is not quite in the mood for puppy hijinks.

We had to separate Bo and Izzy. The lady that rescued them took Izzy back, and Izzy seems to be transitioning beautifully. Bo is too. They started fighting pretty fiercely. Hair up, teeth out, skin getting torn up. They are both fantastic pups, but as a pair they were too busy trying to compete with each other and it brought our training efforts to a halt. Bo has calmed down incredibly well, it was almost instantaneous. Izzy was the same way. She is living with another older Aussie and a tough cat that can kick her tail if she gets out of hand. Huck just cannot handle the chase, Andy does not like it either and of the two pups Bo is calmer and more gentle. 

Once the separation took place (and I stopped crying) the transformation was amazing. Bo is behaving, almost totally house trained, learning tricks, and very attentive. We really tried to keep them together, but I truly think in this instance that separation was the healthiest thing that we could do for their development. I am afraid if we did not separate them that neither would have turned out very well. 

Here are the boys spending some quiet time together. All in all I think they are doing really well 

Lots of love and hugs,

Jackie