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First Birthday!
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| Just The Bowl After Eating The Birthday Food! Definitely wiped clean! |
What is in a birthday? It is that special day when you show your appreciation to the people you love and make them feel how important they are to you especially on this time of the year when they were born.
Cash has been with us since June and I know that it has only been a little over six months but he has indeed changed our lives forever. On this day, we want to him to know how special he is. Last night, at exactly 12 midnight, Husse and I sang a happy birthday song to him in Swedish. We also told him that he will eat a very special type of food that we can only serve once every year :)
When we woke up this morning after he had done his #1 and #2, he came up to us and kept wagging his tail. Unfortunately, we have not bought the food for his celebration yet. Neither have we prepared it, so I assumed he was so hungry that he ate the leftover dry dog food he had in his bowl from yesterday. We went to the grocery store, got a couple of chicken sausages and meatballs.
I could not say that he waited patiently by our feet while we started slicing and cooking his food. IF he could jump enough to get on the kitchen counter, he would have probably done it so here is the first video for today of Husse giving him a "taste test" of the chicken sausage!
We try to give him treats at least once a day (Dentastix), and a dog biscuit if we have to leave him for some hours at home. Food has always been our main concern since we have adopted him, one that gives him much sustenance. Since it is his birthday, we decided to give him something different.
So, the first layer was rice with bearnaise sauce. Second layer was meatballs and chicken sausage topped with bearnaise sauce. Here is how it looks!
Below is the video on how we tried to make him calm down first before going head-on to the bowl :D
There you have it, I think my voice was a bit too high-pitched since I was really excited and happy for him on this day. As you can see in the background, there was a bit of mess in the kitchen as renovations are still ongoing! See you on the next post :)
First Day Home
On the way home from the airport, Cash fell asleep on the car instantly. He was definitely tired from the trip, so I placed my hand under his chin, because his head keeps falling off onto the hand break. He must have been very exhausted, since he was drooling too haha!
My husband and I watched several videos on housebreaking a pup, one of which is entitled "How To Potty Train a Puppy - How to House Train Your Dog" by HowdiniGuru.
The first thing I did was bring him to his potty area and repeated the words bajsa and kissa, which directly translates to pee (#1) and poop (#2). We decided to use the direct words in swedish so it is easier for him to understand. However, he might have been highly stressed that he was not able to do either of those so I tried walking him around for a bit before we went into the apartment.
Walking was difficult, as he kept looking up at me. He would walk on my path and the leash ends up around my feet, almost always tripping me. I could not get mad, though. He was just too cute! Although, I was firm at telling him to walk straight and to stop looking at me. Hard part was that maybe he only understood Romanian commands, and I was talking in Swedish.
My husband and I watched several videos on housebreaking a pup, one of which is entitled "How To Potty Train a Puppy - How to House Train Your Dog" by HowdiniGuru.
The first thing I did was bring him to his potty area and repeated the words bajsa and kissa, which directly translates to pee (#1) and poop (#2). We decided to use the direct words in swedish so it is easier for him to understand. However, he might have been highly stressed that he was not able to do either of those so I tried walking him around for a bit before we went into the apartment.
Walking was difficult, as he kept looking up at me. He would walk on my path and the leash ends up around my feet, almost always tripping me. I could not get mad, though. He was just too cute! Although, I was firm at telling him to walk straight and to stop looking at me. Hard part was that maybe he only understood Romanian commands, and I was talking in Swedish.
By the time we got home, it took awhile before husse came home. At first, he started barking and growling at him because he did not know who he was. It was just I and my sister-in-law who picked up Cash at the airport, so maybe Cash thought we were the ones he was going to move in with!
Anyway, husse approached steadily. I introduced them to each other by hugging husse and motioning for Cash to go to us. Cash's tail was wagging happily and our smiles widened.
Before getting dinner, we hung out at the courtyard to relax a little. I took a picture of Cash to show to family and friends, and they all said that he has huge ears :D
Then, we had dinner, and we scrubbed him for his first bath. I am assuming he felt refreshed to be cleaned before going to bed!
Well, that concludes the trip and the first day with us and good night for now!
Adopting A Dog
This long wait for the arrival of Cash is just forever! I was searching on topics about dogs, puppies, and pet adoption and I came across IAMS. The amount of information on the website is overwhelming! Everything is about expert advice on puppies, presented by howdini! I came across this video that I would like to share to others who are just about to adopt a dog, the title is: "Facts and Myths about Adopting a Rescue Dog." I hope this would be an eye-opener to everyone, as it was for me.