a week & half

well we have made it through a week & half & all is pretty good. Dakota is seriously teething now. I think I helped teach her how to chew yesterday, with a piece of ice, it helped sooth her. Today she is liking her Kong much better & she has figured out how to chew on it.

I tried a wet towel frozen, but she was having it, not sure she liked the texture, but may try it again. She is playing a bit harder now & gaining confidence!

Potty training is going, though we have to work on me seeing her signals that she wants out. Guess it will be a question for the trainer on Sat.

Hope it does snow today, so she can get a chance to rump in it... we will see...

Dakota Day 5

another great night! & she has pooed outside ! we are making progress with the potty training.


Dakota is starting to make eye contact with us.. short as it maybe, she is starting to understand our language & how the house works..

So happy she loves her kennel.. I like having a good safe place to put her when I need to be out of the room..

2-19-11

We are starting to get a good schedule going . Today Dakota got to go to Federal way with us.. her first trip in the kennel.. she did great!

We recieved her Pedigree & her paternal Grandfather is named Kody Dakota Wain. We had no idea what any of her family names were.. Think we named her well!

Dakota - Day 4

we had a great night, she didn't wake us up at all with crying! I was up once & she knew I was there.. I just told her it was still nite nite & she laid back down.  Think it helps that Al gets her up when he is getting ready for work.. I actually slept till 7 this morning.

She ate & played, I decided it was shower time.. she didn't liked being left alone & cried for a few, but was nice & quite when I came back in the room.

We went for a walk.. in the drive way lol! she loves sticks & is very proud when she carries one around.. she is a retriever after all!  Well she got tuckered out from that & I am having a few minutes of peace... guess I should be doing the dishes instead of Blogging lol!

she is learning how to jump up the steps! she makes it up 2 or3 & then gets frustrated.. soon she will be bounding up them! 

Dakota - Day 3

Well, our night was better then the second night, she only woke me once & again it only took me talking to her & touching her through her kennel, back to sleep till Dad woke. She must of played some with him, as she was asleep when I woke.

Today we made her first trip to the vet, she was adorable & she passed with flying colors, first shot & de-wormer meds. She weighs in at 5 pounds. After the vet we went to Petsmart, she is a people magnet! Everyone wants to love on her! She got a puppy kong, a new squeaker  stuff toy & a name tag!

Then we went to Starbucks so that Bri could share her with her co-workers! again she is a people magnet...  hahaha

Al got some good play time with her, we got to hear her first play growl, so cute! She has a favorite spot to fall asleep, on the pillow stuff between my chair & the chouch... she either wants to tunnel or sleep on an incline. When she wants to sleep.. nothing stops her, Al just picks her up & puts her in her kennel..  & so she sleeps..:)

Once we got home,, it was time for a very long nap.. when she woke.. the new stuff toy was a total hit!

Dakota - Day 2

Well after a long night, she woke hungry! She didn't eat much on Saturday.. to busy to think about eating.

We decided we would take her for a visit to PetSmart, her first trip to the store! To bad she was tired out by them & slept in the cart the whole time. She had many admirers as we walked the store.

We bought her a wire kennel, puppy food, a couple of toys. When we picked her up, we brought flannel pieces that we rubbed her mom & dad with to so she would have their scents with her. That was a very smart thing, she liked having the flannel in her kennel.

The second night was a bit harder, she wasn't laying next to Dad & so she felt the separated..  She woke me up every 2 hours,  I got up, talk to her in her kennel  that seemed to reassure her & back to sleep she went.

This was a very trying day for me, as we got to know each other, she cried for about an hour this afternoon, it turns out she was wanting Apollo to be with us in the living rm. she promptly went to sleep when he joined us. 

Her sight seems to be improving with each day & her nose is always to the ground following a scent.. She is sleeping more then playing, but that is expected in a pup growing so much!

Coming home

Dakota Rain was born on Jan 4, 2011 to Diamond Rain & Maxiumus Lucein.  Mom & Dad are pure bred Labrador Retrievers.  We went to Salem, Or on Feb 12 to meet her,  to say love at first sight is true! She is the runt of her litter, she has 5 sisters, all Yellow.  Dakota is so small & petite. She didn't seem to mind the car ride, after all it was a 5 hour drive home.  She played & slept all the way home.

When we got home, she got to meet Apollo our 11 year old Shep/chow boy. He didn't know really what to think about this little 6 week old puppy. All she wanted to do was to nip at his legs & fur.. looking for a mommy's nipple.

Dakota spent her first night  in a storage crate next to "Dad".. She cried off & on during the night, but once Dad talked to her & gave a hand for her to smell.. she would dose off again.


What a fun Day.. boy all of us were tired!