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!

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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!

Week 4

So I had a few new experiences this week! How exciting, eh? Eh? Less chicken though! Boo!

Mummy changed the plans for doggy school as she found a better one and I went yesterday but I will tell you all about that next week. I barked A LOT!

But last week I got to lots of walkies to different places and I met lots of new people. Every time we go for a walk everyone wants to talk to me and cuddle me!

I am a very good boy at night and in the mornings I put myself in my pen when Mummy goes out. On Thursday though Auntie Sue came and we went to a place called Jim... no wait... Gym... and I got to sneak in and I met Auntie Carole again and Auntie Nat, and  AuniteTina and Auntie Angie and Uncle Reg and Auntie Jan and... lots of people who all loved me!!! Auntie Carole carried me into the sports hall and lots of people came to say hello!!! 

At the weekend I went to a place called Chelmsford that I had not been to before. The drive was longer but I went in a place for breakfast although I barked a lot and then we walked in the park and so when we went to the bookshop for coffee after I fell asleep. Look!

So tiring being a puppy!

On Sunday we drove for a little bit and I went to a place called 'the beach'. I wasn't impressed with the water surging at me and danced and barked at that but I loved to run on the sand! It's all so exciting! 

This coming weekend Mummy says I will be having my first little holiday! Can't wait!

I still sleep a lot!

Week 3

This week has been more fun although I didn't go to school as Mummy found a better school which is on a Monday and I start in a week's time! 

But this week I had lots of short walks!

I also went to a coffee shop called Costas and lots of people wanted to cuddle me! I met Auntie Jan and also Auntie Carole who had heard all about me at the gym and couldn't wait to give me lots of loving!

The next day I went to the big playing field near the house and I met a doggy called Harry... our first play date. He was with Auntie Carole and I also met another doggy called Daisy who is 13 years old and I am 13 weeks old but she looks like me and my nanny Phoebe the doggy in Leamington. They live near the field and the lady phoned her husband to come and meet me as I look like Daisy!

I also had a visit this week from Auntie Sue and Kirsty and also Auntie Sandra who drove a long way to meet me!!! I am so loved! I am! And I got too excited with all the people so Mummy gave me a special chew that was a gift but she realised after it was too rich for me and too big (even though they were told it was safe for puppies) but the next day I had a runny tummy so Mummy made me only eat something called chicken for a whole day. I really love chicken I have decided! Really really love chicken!!! 

Friday night and Saturday I had it mixed in with my normal kibble and my poos are normal again now! So now I am not getting just chicken but I want it! Mummy says I might get some if I do my poos and wee wees outside (which I do sometimes) and when I go to school as a special treat! I will have to be a good boy!!!

Saturday I went back to Leigh, and I met the lady in the cafe again:

In my new temporary car seat made for little babies! 

My friend who works at Gemma's in Leigh

Then we walked in the park but Mummy carried me quite a lot as she said little legs are not supposed to talk for too long!

New things: a bed for my pen but I do like to chew it!!!

New words: 

                    Chicken!

                    Go potty! I do because I zoom but she means wee wee. I prefer to zoom!

                    Leave!

                    Get off!

                    Don't do that!

Things I am not keen on:

                     Henry hoover: I hide in my den (crate)

                     Mummy's hair dryer: I also hide in my den!

Things I am very keen on

                    Biting!

                    Stealing socks, shoes and undies... actually anything I know I am not meant to have!

                    Sneaking from a lap onto the sofa!

                    Jumping up to try to get on the sofa!

                    Dragging Mummy by the bottom of her nightdress!

                    Running round the garden with the ball.

                    Treats! Chicken!

                    Oh chicken!

                    I love chicken!

No new toys this week but new treat box which is where the chew came from but Mummy says I have to wait to be a big boy before I can have any more :(

I sleep a lot!

Mummy watches me on camera from the gym!

Mummy and Daddy love me! They have waited for me for a long time!

Rosie and Me!

Do you think I'm cute?

An exciting second week

So much has happened! So much! So much!

I have been here two weeks and I am so happy. 

Things I love the most:

Mummy

Daddy

Toys: Lemmy, Paul the tuggy toy, treats

New things I have learned:

Wait

 Leave

Naughty boy!

Good boy!

New Games:

Finding where Mummy and Daddy have moved the linen basket to to steal underwear!

This week Mummy has blocked all the ways to get under the sofa and I chewed and broken the zip under there! And it was my hiding place when I do something naughty! Mummy says soon I will be too big to fit under anyway!

Toilet Training:

I do wee wees and poos outside if Mummy takes me out there. I get a treat. Not sure why she praises me so much and she doesn't when I do it on my puppy pad inside! I think I am meant to learn something but not sure what it is yet! But I am only 13 weeks old!

Food: 

I am now on 217 g of Puppy food a day! Royal Canin Medium Puppy, in three meals but I don't eat it all in one go, I go back to it as I get distracted! But on Saturday Mummy changed it and is mixing in the same food as meat so I get less dry food and I like that better! I eat all of that on one go!

New people I met: 

I met Auntie Kim and saw Auntie Sue again and saw Nanny and Grandad. 

I also met the lady and her doggy over the road.

And lots of people at the weekend!

Best bit of the week?

On Saturday we went in the car, I sat on Mummy's lap in the back, and then next to her, and she carried me into a big shop with lots of exciting smells!!! Then a nice lady put a blue harness on me and Mummy bought a car seat and lots of other things!

We went back in the car and we drove to a place called Leigh and I got to have my first walk! It was soooooo exciting!!! The first place we went was a cafe and I got lots of cuddles and then fell asleep under the table. I was such a good boy! Then we went in the park and walked around a few times and I met children! I so wanted to play with the big dogs but none of them wanted to meet me!

Mummy carried me back to the car and I slept on the way home. And then slept a lot!

The next day I had a walk round to Nanny and Grandad's. It was so exciting!

Today I am excited people someone else called Charlie is here and he  is painting the kitchen so I will be in my pen all day. Though Mummy and Daddy are taking me for a walk into town later to go to another cafe!

I was really tired when I got home. Mummy carried me back to the car.

In Gemma's in Leigh the cafe!

In the Park with Daddy

The end of a perfect day!

Zzzzz...

This week I am going to doggy school! I have no idea what it is yet!

My First Full Week: September, 2026

What fun! What fun! Everything is so much fun!

I am now living on an island... I don't know what it is but I like it.

I have a new mummy and daddy and lots of toys.

Favourite toys:

Billy (gift from Uncle Reg and Auntie Jan)

Lemmy the turtle (in honour of where I came from Leamington)

Louis the teddy (a gift from Auntie Joanne who I met on Friday)

Eyore small

Muma bear (with a heart beat and as big as me!)

Corny (unicorn) from the charity bin of soft toys wrapped up in Costa Coffee (Mummy told me but no idea what she means!)

Frisby: I love this one and it's the first toy I took out of the toy box myself on Sunday last week!

Scratcy cat

Eyore big

Quackers

Ball

And lots of chewy things! In photo below!

Favourite things to do:

Hide under the sofa and chew the zips!

Zoom around!

Chew on wires in puppy-proof cable protectors: so far has stopped fairy lights working and video ring light. Mummy has ordered tape to fix!

Chew table legs...  always shown a toy to play with instead!

Chew people's arms, legs, feet ... always shown a toy to play with instead!

Chew clothes... you guessed it distracted with a toy... they think I don't know but I am very clever!

Steal socks and dirty washing!

Eat!

I come running from wherever I am in the house when Mummy opens the drawer on my crate where the treats are kept.

Playing in the garden!

Favourite things to eat:

Puppy treats

Puppy biscuits

My proper food

(in that order)

Mummy won't let me have human food to try (yet) but she hid my worming pill in something called cheese and I loved it! Like really couldn't believe how much!

I am a good boy and wee and poo on puppy pads but Mummy has a plan and is trying to make me do it outside. I only did it once so far!

What I did this week

Saturday: first day in my new home. Loved it and was very brave and very good! I soon found all my toys!

Sunday: Woke up at 5 am and Mummy slept on sofa near me in my crate! Played a lot! Went in the garden for the first time, supervised! Lots of cuddles and games! Learned when Mummy opens the drawer I get a treat. I met Nanny and Grandad!

Monday: I was left for an hour and I did cry but evenutally settled! Lots of fun!

Tuesday: More fun! Mummy and Daddy went out and I did cry but I wasn't left for long! Discovered other rooms in the house!

Wednesday: I learned how to escape my cage when they went out but found the linen basket instead and slept there!

Thursday: I went to the vets, I met Auntie Sue and Auntie Kirsty who took me in the car. I was very quiet and very good! I met Calum the vet who loved me as I am like his dog Herbie who is the same as me! An orange roan cocker spaniel! I also met his wife the nurse, Nina, and Karen and other nurses and I was so chilled I slept on the table and hardly noticed when they gave me a jab!

Friday: Mummy had bought a puppy cam thingy and could see I was good and slept in my pen for an hour when she was at the gym but then was howling until she came home! I met Auntie Joanne who bought me Louis bear!

Saturday: I was very good and slept when they went out for an hour and a half!

Words I know:

Sit

Down

Wait

Touch

No!

Good boy

Sweetie

Bed

Dinner

Breakfast

Daddy

Mummy

Lemmy, Mama Bear

Next weekend Mummy and Daddy are taking me out for the first time! I am going to be fitted for something called a harness and then we are going out to one of their favourite places to play!

Life is so exciting!