Puppy Update

Well it's official, I've given her a name: Tessa or Tess for short.

She has been an amazing dog so far, being only 14 weeks old, she is pretty much already house trained and crate trained.  But she is a puppy, and therefore when she's not in her crate needs to be watched constantly.  Which was only reinforced in my mind when Thursday morning, while I was taking a quick shower she decided it would be fun to chew through the power cord for my computer.  Fortunately I was able to splice the cord back together with some electrical tape and was able to save myself the $80 of buying a new charger. 

I'm also struggling getting her to go on walks, which sounds weird for a dog, but whenever I get her down the driveway and onto the sidewalk she'll stop and start pulling back toward the house.  After doing some research this is apparently a phase that a lot of dogs experience and has to do with them being frightened of the world.  But I can't wait for this phase to end, because walks are a great way to tire her out so she's not so hyper. 

I have to say, while I knew that bringing a puppy home would be a huge change for her, I had no idea how much of a change it would be for me.  It's a lot of work taking care of her, and has been fairly stressful transition for myself, but now that its been a few days things are getting better.