A Growing Puppy

Ginger continues to captivate us. She's settled into a routine that we are finding tolerable. She sleeps for about eight hours every night before she gets impatient about getting up. She's growing fast--her weight has increased by about a third since we got her and she seems generally healthy. She has had a cold and a nasty cough that makes her sound like a chain smoker nearing death when she gets up in the morning, but she's full of energy and loves to play with her balls and tug rope. She got a new toy this weekend from her friend Jonesy. It's a stuffed frog that she loves to shake (it rattles). She is pretty well behaved and accidents are few and far between (as long as we keep a close eye on her). She is learning some basic commands. "Sit" is very good, along with "come" (if she's not absorbed in something). "Stay" is pretty good, unless I turn my back and then she follows me as I walk away. She seems to be a pretty smart little puppy and I think it will be pretty easy for her to learn basic commands.

Here are some recent pictures.






and playing with a new favorite toy.



It turns out that she is a very good traveler, so it was a good idea to bring her along. She doesn't mind the cold nearly as much as we do.