Poppy is huge. I weighed her when she got her final round of puppy shots at GDA and she was 31 pounds! For the past two months she has brought so much joy to our family. She is curious and confident and sweet. I'm proud of the way she lays down under a table when we are eating or meeting.
Hours meeting with people at Kilowatt were spent by Poppy sleeping on her blanket
She rides curled up on the floor in the car very nicely now that I have learned to put a bag on the passenger seat to deter her from squiggling up.
Poppy prefers the seat but she knows it's not her place.
Poppy is very polite about sitting for food but other opportunities for sitting are lost on her. She jumps up to greet new friends with great enthusiasm.
Poppy and Jason Alexander at his annual poker tournament for weSpark
Poppy loves the gardener Ernesto and his loud lawn mower
Poppy wakes up with sharp piercing barks sometime between 4:30 and 5:30am.
She has tons of energy which she expends running like a demon from one end of
our house to the other.
For some reason when I put her in the yard she calms right
down and becomes focused in getting back inside.
Where's that bunny?
Unless she spots the
bunny. Run Cuddles, RUN! Buddy and Sally know not to actually catch the
bunny but Poppy is so eager. So far the bunny is still alive though she
spends way more time in her pen than she used to.
Walking with Poppy has become an arm workout. She pulls hard on the leash and I was out of my league trying to discipline a puppy with her energy level. GDA very kindly sent Yvonne, a trainer to our home to help me nip the problem in the bud.
GDA puppy trainer, Yvonne Martin, is AMAZING!
Within minutes she had Poppy behaving like an angel. You know what that
means, right? It means that I am the problem. Yvonne assessed the
situation and showed me a few training moves. She was encouraging and
direct about what was needed. One of the things she taught me was to
keep Poppies leash on in the house during sketchy times, like early
morning when she is possessed with all that manic energy or when someone
comes to the door.
When I'm standing and talking to someone I give Poppy a job to do, in this case "Sit."
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