May 16th, 2014 - Saw some attitude and laughed

Well, it's been an interesting day learning how to balance with the cast and so far Emmett has shown no interest in chewing on it.  It was an on going battle to keep him from chewing on the soft cast.

 

 

 I chose black at the VA Hospital so it wouldn't show dirt.

A couple of nights ago Mark went to Wendy's and picked up some chicken nuggets for me for supper.  I wasn't really hungry and both Rosie and Emmett were sitting at my feet staring at me as if they were both starving.

Because of my leg, I decided it be far easier to just put Emmett up on the kitchen table and feed him there instead of next to Rosie.   I know it's wrong but he's not going to be small enough for me to pick up much longer and anything I can do to develop our bond is A-OKAY with me.

I broke the nuggets into bite size pieces for him and he seemed to really enjoy them and was very gentle taking the food from my hand.  I accidently gave him a whole nugget and saw he was having a problem with it and reached over to break it up.

Emmett growled loud enough that Mark heard it in the Den and I started laughing.  I thought it was absolutely hysterical, gave poor Emmett a very, very light pat on the nose and told him "NO".

I removed the nugget broke it into tiny pieces and hand fed him.  It was no big deal and I admired that he had some spunk.  I've been feeding him 4 times a day plus sample bites of anything I was eating.  He appears to have a really healthy appetite, drinks plenty of water and no longer has diarrhea from a sensitive stomach.

Today, we had beautiful weather and I decided to leave the back door open so he and Rosie could go outside when ever they wanted.  Keep in mind that Emmett will be 7 weeks old tomorrow and he didn't have one accident in the house all day.  I am totally amazed by this.

When the door is closed, which it usually is, he will go and stand by it and wait.  Being so young he does have accidents but even so he does it on the potty pads.  Once I get my cast off it won't take me long to finish potty training him.  At his age, accidents happen and he really is too young to be expected to be fully trained. 

 

 

In the picture above, I noticed his right leg is a little odd but don't know if it's a Great Dane thing, perhaps joints grow separately, or perhaps he somehow twisted it.  He doesn't flinch when I felt and examined it but it is something I will ask the Vet about when he goes for his shots on May 21st. 

I'm really quite proud of my boy and have noticed little things that he's been doing that is an insight to how easily he will take to being trained.

 

 

Let it be known that I do suspect he is very bright and will be doing little games to see which way I will go about training him.  I've noticed that he is very curious about the bedroom doors being closed and has tried to dig his way under them.  He's also tried biting through the metal dog gate that is attached to the wall in the Living Room.  I also saw him chewing on the cord to a lamp and even though corrected several times he went back to trying to chew on it.

 

He's got a stubborn streak, but I don't know if it's just his puppyhood or he's trying to figure me out and how far he can push me.