Ghandi has been with us for a month now. Incredible, because it feels as if he has been with us forever. Adding him to our family has gone so smoothly. Wesha accepted him quickly and I do believe that her life improved when Ghandi came into our lives. They play together a lot, they run together a lot, they sleep together every now and then.
Ghandi does well at training. He is very clever and he learns quickly. He can do "sit" and "wait" (not too long, of course) and "heel". His attention span is still short, so we will have to work on that.
At home, Ghandi is demanding attention all the time. His idea of heaven is sleeping on someone's lap. We have to be very strict in order not to let him get his way all the time. It is hard sometimes, because he is so cute and sweet. We all love having him on our lap. In the evenings, when the children have gone to bed, he does sleep in/on a dog bed alone. But as soon as one of us sits on the floor or in the black chair, he will move to our lap.
Ghandi eats well (everything we offer him), sleeps well (nights in the crate, without any problems after the first few days) and everybody just loves him to bits. He has something special, that makes an impression on everybody he meets. People just love him.
When we go for walks, Ghandi can get jealous when Wesha is showing interest in another dog. He then has to let the other dog know, that Wesha is HIS friend. (think: bark, bark, bark!) But he hasn't been the source of any real problems. He also runs and plays with other dogs.
Wesha newsWesha seems to return to her more active, normal self now that she is no longer in season. While we were in Holland, she had her first real, voluntary swim! We were at a lake and she saw some ducks in the water. The water was shallow for a while and she just kept walking until she was swimming. And it wasn't just an "accident", because she swam around, came out and did the exact same thing again (so that I could take some pictures!). I would have loved for her to do it a third time, so that I could make a video of it too, but Wesha decided twice was enough.
After a long time of walking on the leash and not going to training, Wesha isn't listening as well as she was before (or as well as I'd like her to). She seems to enjoy her freedom when she's off leash and she doesn't come when I call her. Or at least not immediately and sometimes even minutes later! Good thing we went back to training yesterday. In the beginning she was very excited and couldn't concentrate, but after a while she did fine again. Focused and performed really well.
