Growing up so fast! Posted by Mummy this time...

Every time I get Charlie from his crate in the morning I think he's been in Wonderland... 'eat me' !!! He is at least double the size he was when we got him two months ago and over half his adult weight -- though I won't know his weight until next week when he has his monthly weigh in!

So below I will share his first encounter with my niece and nephews as promised, that was two weeks ago now!

So what else has happened... ? Wll lots of walks to different places on Canvey as well as Chelmsford when he has his Saturday outings! He walks well and pulls as much as you might expect. He ate through Rosie's extender lead which I use to give him more freedom at the park. So had to buy a new one, which now has a detachable anti-chew part which I use with the other lead too!!!

He also outgrew his first harness so he has a proper big boy's one now although eventually he will need an adult one. I have tried to use the loop at the front to stop him pulling but not that effective yet as he just chews on the lead part in front of him!!! He will learn and I can still use the loop on top!

He is a good boy though still likes to mouth us but he will be teething. He gets very excited by everything!

He does like to bark when we take him out and I go into a shop, he barks more for me when with Daddy than the other way round! He will learn but it is embarrassing! He does settle though and we are trying to calm him. It will come with age and experience.

Toilet training remains a challenge. He knows to do it outside and all puppy pads were taken away ages ago. If the door is open he always goes out. I use my psychic powers to know when he needs to go and he will and for big rewards. What he has yet to master is if I am unaware of his need, and door is  closed, he will not bark to let us know to let him out and so does it by the door. The bells worked a little but more as a game to get the door to open and to get a treat. He now only gets one if he does his business! Because he was nearly 12 weeks old when we got him and he had been trained to go inside on pads, it is proving harder to make the transition. He has yet to know to ask and that is what I am working on! He does 95% of it outside, but relies on me asking or knowing! I am now going to make him 'speak' and open the door every time I let him out to go and hope he learns!!!

So today we are off to puppy school! I am not keen on all training being a bribe with treats and have been incorporating other training methods. Learned some good tips about making sure he knows I am boss and I think that is clear now. Though I think he plays us!!! He is too clever for his own good.

He remains a total joy to all our days even with his naughtiness!

Anyway gallery as usual and more next week! 

Oh and we are walking 100 miles this month for breast cancer... we are already over that, so if you can please use the link below to donate. I had breast cancer in 2019 and am cancer free 6 years and counting!

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/debz1790495823252

Playtime!

From second pink day!

No he is not supposed to be on the couch... but hey?!

Two BIG weeks in the life of The Other Charlie Brown

So much fun! So much there wasn't time to blog last weekend!

I have been to school twice now and although I get very excited, I am learning to pay attention to Mummy!

I also had my first holiday which isn't bad for a 16-week old puppy now is it?

I also met some children to play with at the weekend.

So much to tell you about!

So what else...?

I had lots of walks before last weekend: the park, the coffee shop, to Nanny and Grandad's house and visitors. Mummy had a bet on how big I am now so I also went to see Calum at the vets last Thursday. The first time I was weighed I was 4.6 kg (whatever that means) and this time (a week ago) I was 6.3 kg! Wow. I am a big boy now!

I have found my voice which Mummy says is a great thing and she keeps cheering me saying 'SSSHHHH'. So I do it all the more of course. 

We have a new game that I have to 'do business' in the garden and when I do I get a treat. So I go out and ask for a treat and sometimes I do a little wee to get the treat and finish the wee indoors. Only I never get a treat when I do that. It's all so confusing! But I have only done two wees indoors in the last 3 days so Mummy says I am learning!

Every time we go out everyone wants to talk to me and it is really really great! Although Daddy says all walks take three times as long!

The highlight of the last 2 and a bit weeks was having a holiday. We drove a long way to a place called Stickney in Lincolnshire (means nothing to me apart from it being a long car drive but we did stop at a place called Services on the way and on the way back and I met lots and lots of people!) 

We got to stay with Auntie Mandy and I fell in love with her. She even looked after me when Mummy and Daddy went to the gym. There were lots of rooms in the house and a huge garden to play in. And best of all I got to meet Poppy and Milo and we had great fun playing! I also went for walks and met people and I had so much fun I didn't want to come home. I slept in a different crate in the bedroom with Mummy and Daddy and was soooo tired I slept all night long for the 4 nights!

Here are some things to look at!

SKEGNESS! First beach holiday!

With Auntie Mandy!

Am I cute?

At Mandy's! Peekaboo!

Chilled out and worn out in a cafe in Spillsby!

Boston Church!

What's that? Mandy's house!

With Milo and Poppy!!!

This is me today! Look how big I'm getting!

This week will be quieter but I will let you know what I've done at the weekend! And next weekend I want to tell you all about the fun I had with the children... I will leave that for my next blog!