Molly on the beach

Molly is a little over 4 months now. She weighs close to 30 pounds. She has lost all of her front top and bottom baby teeth and her new teeth are beautiful. My husband thinks I am crazy, but it's one of those things, I am fascinated by that wonderful scissor bite. I try to brush her teeth everyday, but she ends up licking all the doggy toothpaste off.
Housebreaking is basically done since 2 weeks now, no more accidents in the house.
We have a sand pit close by and we took her swimming last week for the first time. She immediately loved it and she is an excellent swimmer. Sometimes she likes to paddle above the water. The bigger the splash, the better she figures! Everytime we go, she meets new doggie friends.

Molly goes to school

Molly is a little over 4 months now and she weighs close to 30 pounds. On July 25th she completed kindergarten for puppies at her school, Guides Canins in St-Lazare. Not to brag, but I think she was the top of her class. This puppy class has done wonders for her in many ways. I can remember her first class, she was shy and timid towards the other dogs. The weekend after her first class we took her back to the school, as there was a whole weekend of AAC sanctionned agility trials. She met so many people and dogs that Saturday. The following class, she was playing with the other puppies, completely happy to be around so many friends and dogs. There was some free play time, she was just so energetic and playful!

Pictures

January 21st 2007 - What a life!

August 16th 2006 - What a face II

December 13th 2006 - Stiches

December 4th 2006 - First snow
October 7th 2006 - Running in the park

July 15th 2006 - One of her favorite spots

June 6 2006 - What a face!

Molly at 3 months

Our puppy is still growing stronger. She now weights 20 pounds (she was 14 pounds when we first got her 3 weeks ago!). She received her booster shots, so she can now go to puppy kindergarten. Classes start June 27th 2006, but the first class is just for me and Andre (I guess we have to be trained first, especially me!) Molly enjoys going outside and loves the water. She has a very good appetite and enjoys playing with her toys. Her favorite ones are, her purple tennis ball, a bone, a stuffed bear. I rotate her toys (she has many more) to keep her interested. She is always happy when she is given a toy she hasn't seen in a few days.... her mallard duck or oriole bird, her Kong, her sock, her rope bone...blah blah blah...

Housetraining is continuing, some days are better than others. Now she is able to climb on my bed, but she never strays very far from me, when I'm in the house that is. When we are outside with her, she runs as far away from us as she can, getting into some mischief or another. She loves digging in the yard, eating rocks and pine cones, jumping at the peonies and breaking them off their stems (the little shit) and then starts running around in a frenzy. No more of that, I almost had a heart attack, because I was afraid she would run into the street. We live on a very quiet street, but accidents happen so quickly. So from now on, it's the lead on at all times! We go for walks and that's how she gets her exercise and spends her energy.

I don't seem to remember too much with Murphy as a puppy (except for chasing her around the neighborhood) and I am 11 years older now. Also, Andre pretty much is the one who raised her, so he remembers more. I had forgotten how much energy you need to keep up with a puppy. Overall, I think we are doing a good job of introducing her to new things and situations, socializing with new people, children, other dogs.

She gets special treats of blueberries, tomatoes and lettuce (she only likes the crunch part of the romaine). She also loves granny smith apples, carrots and broccoli (oh! and chicken too)

Walking down the street

June 5th 2006 - Molly get's her first taste of being on a lead. No surprise...she doesn't like it. We are doing this gradually, so we can start enjoying going for walks together. The next day, it's a little better, but she is not very happy with the contraption! June 7th, wow, what an improvement. She enjoys going down our street, but the encounter of a few garbage cans (it's garbage day) make's it a short run. Nevertheless, she is walking without running away like a fool. We found some good tips on the internet and that helped. We just have to watch out, she loves to pick up rocks and we live on a dirt road! Most of her days are spent sleeping, with play and mealtimes between her naps. Housebreaking is on going (I'm running out of paper towel here!!). She spends the night in her crate and has very calm nights. Joy is back in our household, we sing silly songs to her, talk to her in silly voices and she makes us laugh! She is not always an angel, but overall she is great! We love her very much...

Molly is going home

May 27th 2006 - Molly is on her way home, but we to make pit stops, because it's quite a long drive to Montreal. This was taken at a truck stop an hour east of Toronto. She was not afraid of the trucks and all the action going on, enjoying a nice bowl of water.

In memoriam

Our beloved Murphy (1994-2006), was our first golden retriever. I still think of her everyday and love her so much. Losing our dog was, and still is, very painful for me. A while after she was gone, I realized our home just wasn't the same without having a dog around. Along with my husband, we decided we would have another dog...of course, it will be another golden retriever!


Murphy, sadly missed, never forgotten...my muffin