Oh dear, we've sprung a leak!

Wahey - Busby is now officially allowed out for proper all four paws down walkies, rather than me lugging him around - thank God!

This morning we decided to take him to Pets At Home to meet new people, have a look around and to choose some new chew toys as the ones we already have don't seem to be hitting the *spot*.

He took to it all so well. Within 30seconds of being in the store he tried to climb up a rather large pile of wagg dog food. Once he realised that he wasn't going to get far he popped his head in a dog bowl hanging off the shelf to see if there was anything in there, he wasn't so impressed when it fell off the shelf with a loud din, oops! Off we went over to the toys and let him pick his own, straight away he made a beeline for a nylabone puppy pacifier - well that had to be the one we'd buy, all the others only seemed fit for toy breeds.

We decided to have a quick look around the aquatics section, not that we have any fish, but they're good to look at, right? This was when Busby disgraced himself. After introducing himself and befriending everyone in the store - he took to the aquatic section floor and sprung a leak! Yes, he really tinkled on the floor and he took full blame for it, he had to, there were no other dogs in the store! Fortunately, he has magical puppy kisses that make anyone forgive him anything.

He's spent the afternoon in the garden, tossing his new toy around and chewing it senseless - our limbs may very well now be safe from puppy teeth!

Group photo - yeah right!

Chief decided he wanted to be behind the camera at the last moment!

The countdown is on!

Busby visited the vet for his second vaccination and microchipping this morning - to say the vets was a little chaotic would be an understatement! We were 45mins late being seen for our appointment, however Busby didn't care, he'd made best friends with a 14 week old yellow lab in the waiting room and they'd enjoyed playing "bitey face" as we tried to keep a hold of them in our laps.

He had a good once over again, his testicle seems to have dropped a little more now, but still not fully. He's also gained another kilo in weight, so he's 8.7kg now. The second injection didn't bother him, but he was not impressed at all by the microchip - we're just glad to have it out of the way! Only one week to go 'til we can go for "big guy walkies"!

We've been moving on with his training, not only do we have now have the perfect sit, we can lie down, leave it and wait. We're on to six consecutive days of no accidents too, though overall he has only had a handful - what a little genius!

Meet The (Grand)Parents

Busby had his biggest challenge so far today - we went to Southport to meet the Grandparents! He had a lot of weight on his young shoulders, as my parents look after them all each year when we go off on our holidays - he had to impress!

So after a long hours journey to Southport through chaotic amounts of traffic with Busby being a bit of a wriggle-bum, we finally arrived! In he went, calm, cool and collected... Introduced himself, christened their garden as only a puppy can and.. went to sleep!

Yep, he just went to sleep.. For most of the day. He played for a while with the other dogs, but he much preferred being cuddled by my younger brothers and falling asleep in their arms like a baby.

Everyone thought he was so adorable they were even able to look past his occasional urges to nip them.

Result!

Again, Busby has charmed the pants off everyone he's met. I suspect the cute little "zip" on his nose has super heart melting powers.

Happy 3rd Birthday!

From this...

To this...

Happy Birthday Yorkshire Pud!

A whole week of puppyhood

Well Busby has been here a little over a week now, and what a week it has been - it's totally flown by!

It's been lots of fun just watching the world through his puppy eyes - generally if it's puppy height, it's good to be chewed! Fortunately with the help of the "no!" command, his love for chewing anything is getting less and less by the day.

As we couldn't stop working once puppy arrived, he's had to get used to us carrying lumps of stuff about the place and realising that not every toy he sees is for him. He's not quite getting the jist of helping yet, but he'll get there I'm sure...

This was his best try today - he took great care of the empty tube from the bubble wrap!

Slave labour

Well since he's had time to settle in, we decided it was time he got down to some hard work with the rest for us!!

Here's little man mastering the "sit" (excuse the "lipstick", he has no shame!)..

What a busy 48 hours!!

Well Busby has been a busy little bee recently. First we introduced him to the clicker, and he loves it - we've mastered "sit" already, hugely helped by the fact he sits when you're talking to him naturally.

Then he went to the local shopping centre to kick off his socialisation - he was just carried around mind! He got to meet alsorts of people, toddlers, mums, "the older generation" etc and he wasn't phased by any of it. If anything he found it a little boring - when we sat down to rest on a little bench he tried to have a sleep! He'd much rather have been on the ground wrestling that pesky lead!

Next up we introduced him to the joys of the Kong.. He tried his best, got some of his soaked food out, but then decided it was all too much like hard work and "can I have just have some of my rice pudding please? Thank you."

He is currently enjoying a nice sleep in his crate while the "big guys" finish off their kongs (and his) in the sun.

A few pictures...