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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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 🙂 

Frog

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Igar var det dags for ett bad igen. Thor var sa duktig. Denna gang hade vi en roligare gron grod-matta som han kunde sta pa. Jag hade ocksa forberett honom under dagen. Han var inte lika radd denna gang, men det marks att han inte gillar att vara blot (han gillar inte att bli blot fran regn sarskilt mycket heller). Efter badet fick han sin nya sang till sitt “hus” och han gillade den sa mycket att han knappt ville ga darifran. Efter sin medicin maste man tvatta alla hans saker, sa darfor kopte vi en ny sang med battre kvalitet. Han blev lite ledsen nar vi tog ifran den gamla sangen, men glomde det snart nar han fick den nya. 

Yesterday it was time for a bath again. Thor was so good. This time we had a funnier green frog-mat that he could stand on. I had also prepared him for it during the day. He was not as scared this time, but it shows that he does not like to be wet (he doesn’t like to get wet from the rain pretty much either). After the bath he got his new bed for his “house” and he liked it so much that he barely wanted to walk away from it. After his medicine we had to wash all his stuff, so that’s why we bought a new bed with better quality. He got a little sad when we took his old bed away, but forgot it soon after he got the new one. 

Dentist

IMG_1154_2Thor is not super fluffy right now. After his bath tonight he will be a fluff-ball again 🙂

Idag ar Thor 15 veckor gammal. Han har over natten fatt massor med nya tander. Och pa tal om tander sa var jag hos tandlakaren igar for cleaning (har far man en cleaning 2 ggr om aret). Min trad bakom tanderna fran tidigare tandstallning hade lossnat pa ena sidan for nagra dagar sedan, sa det fixade dem at mig. Lillen var da sjalv hemma i tva timmar. Det har han varit forrut utan problem, han ska klara 2-3 timmar, men oj sa glad han va att se mig nar jag kom hem. Pussade mig och ville inte lamna mig ens utomhus for potty. Vi har en gosig liten mammas kille 🙂

Today Thor turns 15 weeks old. He has over night got a lot of new teeth. And speaking of teeth, I was at the dentist yesterday for a cleaning (here you get a cleaning twice a year). My thread behind my teeth from earlier braces got loose on one side a couple of days ago, so they fixed that for me. The little one was home alone for two hours. He has been alone like that before without problem, he should manage to be alone for 2-3 hours, but wow so happy he was when I came home. Kissed me and didn’t wanna leave me even outside for potty. We have a cuddly little mommas boy 🙂