Yappy

Thor har hittat sin rost. Nu ar det roligt att kunna gora ljud ifran sig nar man vill nagot. Igar skallde han konstant i en timme. Inget jag gjorde fick honom att sluta. Jag borde ju egentligen bara ha ignorerat det eftersom det ar nagon slags uppmarksamhet han vill ha, men nar det har gatt sa lang tid och man tanker pa grannarna, sa kan man inte hjalpa det. 
Idag har han varit ratt tyst. Han fick ett litet utbrott innan nar han ville ga ut men inte ville att jag skulle ta pa hans sele men jag gav honom ingen beloning for det. Emma och jag pratade om det igar. Det ar ju precis som nar man uppfostrar barn. Det ar inte de sma barnen i hemmen som bestammer. Det ar battre att fostra nar de ar sma, visa vad som ar ratt och hur man ska bete sig och att man inte alltid kan fa allt man onskar. Curlingforaldrar har vi ju hort om, och det galler samma med en hund. Om hunden blir bortskamd och behandlad som en prins nar han ar liten sa stannar det sen kvar. Om Thor skaller nu och vi inte tillrattavisar det, kommer han sakerligen att vara en yappy hund for resten av hans liv, och det vill vi ju inte. Sa det ar en av vara nya saker som vi maste trana pa. Nar ar det ok att skalla och nar ska man vara tyst. 

Thor found his voice. Now its fun to make noises when you want something. Yesterday he barked constantly for an hour. Nothing I did got him to stop. I should have just ignored it since it’s some sort of attention he’s seeking, but when it’s been that long and you are thinking of the neighbors, then you can’t help it.
Today he’s kinda quiet. He had a little moment earlier when he wanted to go out but didn’t wanna let me put his harness on but I didn’t give him any rewards for it.  Emma and I talked about it yesterday. Its just like when you raise kids. It’s not the little kids in the house that decides. It’s better to correct them when they are little, show them what’s right and how you should act and that you can’t always get everything you wish for. We’ve heard of curling parents, and it’s the same with a dog. If the dog gets spoiled and treated like a prince when he’s little, it will stay. If Thor barks now and we don’t correct it, he will most likely be a yappy dog for the rest of his life, and we don’t want that. So that’s one of our new things to work on. When is it ok to bark and when do you need to be quiet. 
IMG_2199_2 IMG_2217_2Thor will garna ha vara nallar pa sangen att leka med. Han springer
runt sangen, hoppar och skaller,men nej, han far dem inte

Thor really wants our stuffed toys on the bed to play with. He runs
around the bed, jumps and barks, but no, he can’t get them

5 months

Idag ar Thor 5 manader gammal. Oj oj oj, tiden gar sa fort. Han var bara 10 veckor nar vi fick honom.
Just nu sitter jag och googlar halloween kostymer till Thor, haha. Jag har ju faktiskt aldrig firat halloween, sa jag har ju inga kostymer jag heller. Vore kul om vi kunde ha ett tema, Jim, Thor och jag. Skypade med min syster innan och hon foreslog de tre sma grisarna, men jag vet inte. Jim tycker Star Wars, saklart. Vi far se. Det borjar narma sig och vi maste snart komma pa nat. 

Today, Thor i 5 months old. Oh oh oh, time flies. He was only 10 weeks old when we got him. 
Right now I am googling halloween costumes for Thor, haha. I have actually never celebrated halloween before, so I don’t have any costumes either. Would be fun if we could find a theme, Jim, Thor and me. Skyped with my sister earlier and she suggested the three little pigs, but I don’t know. Jim thinks Star Wars, of course. We’ll see. It’s getting closer and we must soon come up with something.

Tidigare ovade vi pa hans tricks. Han ar sa duktig och lar sig sa mycket / Earlier we practiced his tricks. He is so good and learning so much

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Thor being sleepy

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Thor ar verkligen sa vacker. Han har sa fina drag och vackra farger vilket ar riktigt svart att hitta hos Pomeranians.
Nu sover Thor gott. Han har lekt mycket sjalv under morgonen och vi har tagit en lang promenad, sa nu ar han trott. Sa jag ska passa pa att stada lagenheten lite. Det ar valdigt dammigt.

Thor is really so beautiful. He has so nice lines and beautiful colors which is hard to find in Pomeranians.
Now Thor is sleeping nicely. He has been playing a lot by himself this morning and we took a long walk, so now he’s tired. So I will take time to clean the apartment a little. It is very dusty in here. 

Do you have candy on the table?

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Vi ovar tricks varje dag i vardagsrummet. Da hamnat treat-pasen pa bordet. Efter nagra sit, lie down och annat sa tycker jag att vi ar klara, men det tycker ju saklert inte Thor. Han vill ha mer godis. Han vet aven att vi ater var mat dar (ja, vi ater mest vid soffbordet). Han ar sa sot nar jag han forsoker se vilka kul grejer som ar dar uppe och om han kan fa tag i det. Han ar valdigt duktig pa att sta pa tva ben lange ocksa (framtida cirkusartist?? 🙂 ). 

I helgen har vi borjat anvanda hans sele. Tidigare har vi bara haft hans halsband nar vi gatt ut, for nar han behovde potty behovde vi fa pa kopplet snabbt och han har anda inte fa ga promenader. Men nu far vi halsa pa andra hundar och ga langre promenader och da ar det lite tufft for hans lilla hals. Sa nu nar han antingen skaller pa dorren eller tittar pa kopplet nar han vill ga ut (ja, han lar sig snabbt och ar smart) kan vi ta pa selen i lugn och ro, for han vet att vi kommer att ta med honom ut. Oh, det ar sa mycket battre med sele. Om han blir exalterad over flygande lov eller drar for att halsa pa andra, blir halsbandet som ett strypgrepp och han borjar hosta sa sele ar mycket sakrare. Vissa sager att hundar drar mer da for de kan inte kanna det, men vi far helt enkelt bara vara strikta med att han inte far dra i kopplet och hittils funkar det superbra! Han ar duktig pa att ga bredvid mig. Vi gick en langre promenad innan och han blev sa trott att han somnade nar vi kom in igen. Kul att vara utomhus helt enkelt 🙂

We are practicing tricks every day in the living room. The treat-bag then ends up on the table. After some sit, lie down and other stuff I think we are done, but of course Thor doesn’t think so. He wants more candy. He also knows that we are eating our food there (yes, we are most of the times eating by the coffee table). He is so cute when he is trying to see what fun stuff that is up there and if he can reach it. He is very good in standing on two feet too (future circus artist?? 🙂 ).
This weekend we have started to use his harness. We have only used his collar when we have gone outside, cause if he needed go potty we needed to quickly put the leash on and he also could’t go for walks. But now we are allowed to say hi to other dogs and go for longer walks and then it’s a little hard on his little throat. So now when he is either barking at the door or looking at the leash when he needs to got out (yes, he is a fast learner and is smart) we can take our time to put on the harness, cause he knows we will take him out. Oh, it’s so much better with a harness. If he gets excited over flying leaves or drags to say hi to others, a collar strangles him and he starts to cough so a harness is much safer. Some people say that dogs drags more then cause they can’t feel it, but just have to be strict with that he can not drag the leash and so far it works well! He is so good walking next to me. We went for a longer walk earlier today and he got so tired that he fell asleep when we came inside again. It’s just so fun to be outside 🙂