Friday, October 17, 2008



Snuck pictures of Genie while she was sleeping. She's looking abit fuzzy.. we'll bring her for grooming soon.


Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Genie's Housebreaking Journal - Day 4

Genie's a damn intelligent dog, or fussy, depending on how you look at it.

We let her walk around the staircase landing last night hoping she'll poo/pee there. 2 nights ago, she poo-ed there after we walked her for 15mins, so we figure we may as well stick to it. She can't go downstairs because she's not fully vaccinated just yet, so the stairwell is the best we can manage.

We waited for over an hour.

Then I told Melvin that it's possible she needs us to put newspaper on her assigned poo spot. So we gave that a try. She walked there and pee-ed in less than 30seconds.

Little bitch. God knows how long she's been holding it in, waiting for newspapers to be placed on the floor for her.

We took that to be a good sign~ that she should be able to recognise assigned pee/poo spots in the house.

We let her in, and she ran to the mat outside the kitchen, and pee-ed on it.

*cries*

That was yesterday.

I came back early from work today, so I let her out of the bathroom after noting she pee-ed on the pee tray we put there. I was sooo happy.

Then she went to poo on the living room carpet just before lunch.

She has something for carpets, I swear. Or maybe she can't tell the difference between carpets and newspapers.

I had to clean up after her at least 4 times today (and the day hasn't ended *cry*)

I lost my patience after she pee-ed on the living room carpet about half an hr ago. And i YELLED at her. I know I shouldn't have, but god, after cleaning the carpet for the 3rd time today...

she ran for it. I ran after to spank her.

then I locked her in the bathroom where we put her pee tray (with her toys, of course).

I checked on her 10mins later...opening the door just a peek and sitting down so she can't run out.

She was resting near the door.

She saw me, got up, walked to the other end of the bathroom, and sat back down.

Ungrateful lil bitch.

Monday, October 13, 2008

We welcomed a new member to the family yesterday afternoon.

The said member cowered in the back seat of the car, looking all miserable, until I lifted her up so that she could look out the window at cars passing by. She promptly forgot that she was supposed to be frightened and made me carry her for the entire ride home.

The first thing she did when we put her on the floor, was to pee.

*cough*

Not a great start.

That kinda set the tone for the entire day. Our baby westie, now known as Genie, pee-ed more than 5 times in different rooms in the next 6 hours.

We then introduced Genie to Melvin's parents. His mom, who was most vocal in objecting the idea of having a dog, looked on in amusement as we ran around cleaning after Genie and trying to prevent her from getting into all sorts of trouble. For most, Genie was happy following his mom around as she did housework. She wanted to look at EVERYTHING his mom was doing. When his mom turned the washing machine on, Genie stood beside her, wanting to be carried so that she can take a look inside. His mom, of course, obliged and carried Genie to let her take a look.

Genie's such an inquisitive lil thing.

I just wish she didnt piddle all over the place. The floor's never been cleaner.. I had to mop up after every accident.

Housebreaking is going to be tough.

On the bright side, after 15minutes of bribing, she's learnt how to sit :P

Her third Vaccination will be given to her on end of Oct. After which, we'll be introducing her to other relatives. I hope she'll be housebroken by then =/


p/s: Will load picture except she's running around so much, everything comes out blurred.