10 Weeks

Yesterday our little pup,Penny Layne turned 10 weeks old. Yes, HER name is Penny Layne.  :)  When we picked up the puppy, we were told it was a boy.  I thought the puppy had "parts" similar to Daisy's and asked Dan, but he agreed that the puppy was a boy.  What do I know?  Well, we took the pup (who we still couldn't get a name to stick) home to meet my family.  There, my SIL, Beth, who works at a pet store, informed us that he was a she!  Well, then it was really easy to name HER!  Haha.  Dan's blonde.  What can I say?   

Well, we got Daisy when she was 10 weeks old, so now we can start to really compare the two. Penny has a lot to live up to.

At 10 weeks Daisy was pretty much potty trained, knew the word no, and hated her leash. We hadn’t started teaching her tricks yet, but she loved her Daddy from day 1 and was a snuggler. She had sooo much extra skin it made her look like an old man. She also hated car rides and would get very car sick.

Penny at 10 weeks, after living with us for a month, is almost potty trained. We occasionally have a few accidents when we aren’t paying attention, but she does ask to go outside. She walks on a leash, but mostly she just follows Daisy. She has learned sit and up only when you put your hand up.

We are still working on verbal commands. She’ll come to you when there isn’t a cat around (her favorite toys besides Daisy), and preferably when you have a treat in your hand. She is very good at the stairs already.  You can find her chasing the cats up and down them.  Now there is no where you can hide!  It took Daisy a looong time to learn how to use the stairs. Penny is great in the car with me. She is afraid of water, but hopefully Daisy will have her swimming in a month or two.

Penny has doubled in size since we first got her. She is taller than Daisy was, but not as stocky. She also seems to listen to me a little more than Dan.  Her bad habits include trying to bring in the dead things the cats kill up to the house, and she’s very loud, but she's getting better.