After yesterday’s visits and excitement, this Saturday was a low-key, at-home affair.
The camera didn’t get taken out until almost dinner time.
I recorded Aurora’s source of chronic puzzlement: how to operate the stairs!
Day 62 — Contemplating the Stairs AGAIN
Then I asked Geoffrey to pose with Aurora, because it had been a while. Geoffrey did his best to make me wonder if he was a fit parent!
Day 62 — Only a Slightly Demonic Look
After the big Thanksgiving dinner for the humans, we all weighed ourselves this morning. In Aurora’s case — and only in her case! — heavier is better. Today she was 4 pounds 6 ounces. That’s five ounces more than the last time we weighed her five days ago. Good girl!
The pack stayed together and decompressed most of the day. By “decompress” I mean run, chase, chew, and snarl for an hour or so followed by complete collapse for several hours; repeat!
Aurora’s newest discovery is how to walk up the side of the decomposing planter box and join generations of dachshunds in staring at the world from its heights.
Day 61 – The Tradition Continues: Dachs in a Box
Cute girl!
Geoffrey did some work on his computer in the TV room. The pack happily joined him.
Day 61 — Find the Hidden Dachshund How many dogs are on the bed? Look carefully at Zenith.
Click on the picture (and any picture in the blog!) to see a larger version. In this case, even clicking may not help you count all pack members. Aurora is snuggled up to her mother’s underside!
The long weekend let Aurora show off to more visitors.
We were very happy to have our neighbors come over to see the puppy that the must have been hearing throw temper tantrums!
Day 61 — Charming the Neighbors
Aurora showed off her ability to run and hold on to the ball at the same time. She also enjoyed being held and petted — adoration is always a good thing.
Later Aurora met more friends for dinner. Ron and Richard were generous attention-givers, too.
Day 61 — Richard and Ron Pose with Aurora
There are a few things puppies have to learn at an early age. Aurora isn’t housetrained and cannot do any tricks, but we have taught her some behaviors for social and safety reasons.
Day 60 – Say “Awww!”
Soon we will need to move on to upper-division commands like “Come!”, “Stay”, and “Off!’
But, enough for today. Happy Thanksgiving!
Aurora’s favorite spot for napping has definitely moved from the whelping box to the adult pack’s den in the hide-a-pet underneath the butcher block.
Day 59 — Under the Butcher Block
This photo above, taken by Geoffrey on his iPhone, shows Aurora nestled in the den. The wire in the photo is the exercise pen which surrounds the whelping box… which our girl is out of.
Day 59 –Ready for Parboiling?
Aurora is quite comfortable snuggled in with the rest of the pack in the too-small space!
The humans were in the living room, so what else was there for a puppy to do?
Of course, she participated in the pack’s illicit licking of the pizza pan at the end of the evening… much to Geoffrey’s dismay at the breakdown of civilization.
Day 59 – Why We Get Half-Baked Deep Dish Pizza
Aurora had two special visitors this afternoon, Kurdish dog-loving men.
But, before she received the call to greet visitors she spend time in the backyard tasting the vegetation.
Day 58 – Among the Plants
Later in the afternoon Firooz and Basil stopped by to greet the girl.
Day 58- a Kurdish Visitor
Day 58- a Visitor and the Pack