Ellie is a really good dog, and she tries REALLY hard to do everything we want. I was kinda
worried for a day or so that it just wouldn't work out. She kept going potty in the house, even though we took her out ALL the time. She chased the cats a few too many times for my comfort. My mom also expressed some concern about her. It's all irrelevant though. She loves us. And we love her too. She wouldn't go potty in the house if she'd known it was bad, she has just never been loose in a house before. She went the whole day yesterday without going in the house once. She's catching on. I also taught her how to "sit pretty", so she can be like my mom's dogs. It took Sophie like 6 years to learn that trick, so I feel pretty good about Ellie learning it in 10 minutes. She spends most of her free time holding a toy in her mouth and speeding around the house like a weirdo. She goes from the living room to the kitchen to the hallway to the living room, etc. Her favorite toy so far is her little green weiner dog thing like they have in the Petsmart
commercials. Her face is pretty weird looking, and her mouth equally so, which makes it difficult to fit most normal toys in it. :3 It's adorable, really. Her whole body is just stumpy, in one way or another. The cats are starting to adjust. When I take Ellie out to go potty, they wait at the door and watch. Samus also decided to come lay on my lap, while Ellie was sleeping right next to me! It felt a little tense, but it's improvement. Samus glared at her the whole time, too, like she was a terrible intruder in her comfort space. I've gotten a couple of those "HOW COULD YOU?!" looks from them too. I figure they can't stay mad forever, but they're cats. Maybe they can. Ham still mostly avoids her, but last night she spent about half an hour staring into the front of Ellie's kennel after she'd gone to sleep. Ellie didn't notice. I'm not sure if Ham
was more interested in getting close to Ellie herself, or if she was just trying to figure out what the weird sounds were that were coming out of the kennel, because the sounds ARE really weird. She snores when she sleeps, and says "boo boo boo boo" like a little piggy when she wants attention or food, and makes "snarf" sounds when she walks around and plays. She burps and farts and weezes. She's the loudest dog, but I think it's all pretty endearing. She doesn't bark at all though. The only thing that really makes her bark is when Christopher does his "sonic attack"... you have to hear it to understand... but that is how he makes Ellie HOWL!! It's WAY cute!! She howls and barks, and seems really happy. So now the goals from here on out are to solidify her potty training, get her fixed (eek!), and keep reducing her spazzy OCD house pacing time.
worried for a day or so that it just wouldn't work out. She kept going potty in the house, even though we took her out ALL the time. She chased the cats a few too many times for my comfort. My mom also expressed some concern about her. It's all irrelevant though. She loves us. And we love her too. She wouldn't go potty in the house if she'd known it was bad, she has just never been loose in a house before. She went the whole day yesterday without going in the house once. She's catching on. I also taught her how to "sit pretty", so she can be like my mom's dogs. It took Sophie like 6 years to learn that trick, so I feel pretty good about Ellie learning it in 10 minutes. She spends most of her free time holding a toy in her mouth and speeding around the house like a weirdo. She goes from the living room to the kitchen to the hallway to the living room, etc. Her favorite toy so far is her little green weiner dog thing like they have in the Petsmart 
commercials. Her face is pretty weird looking, and her mouth equally so, which makes it difficult to fit most normal toys in it. :3 It's adorable, really. Her whole body is just stumpy, in one way or another. The cats are starting to adjust. When I take Ellie out to go potty, they wait at the door and watch. Samus also decided to come lay on my lap, while Ellie was sleeping right next to me! It felt a little tense, but it's improvement. Samus glared at her the whole time, too, like she was a terrible intruder in her comfort space. I've gotten a couple of those "HOW COULD YOU?!" looks from them too. I figure they can't stay mad forever, but they're cats. Maybe they can. Ham still mostly avoids her, but last night she spent about half an hour staring into the front of Ellie's kennel after she'd gone to sleep. Ellie didn't notice. I'm not sure if Ham 
was more interested in getting close to Ellie herself, or if she was just trying to figure out what the weird sounds were that were coming out of the kennel, because the sounds ARE really weird. She snores when she sleeps, and says "boo boo boo boo" like a little piggy when she wants attention or food, and makes "snarf" sounds when she walks around and plays. She burps and farts and weezes. She's the loudest dog, but I think it's all pretty endearing. She doesn't bark at all though. The only thing that really makes her bark is when Christopher does his "sonic attack"... you have to hear it to understand... but that is how he makes Ellie HOWL!! It's WAY cute!! She howls and barks, and seems really happy. So now the goals from here on out are to solidify her potty training, get her fixed (eek!), and keep reducing her spazzy OCD house pacing time.
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