Photos of Paddington

hello all,
if you would like to see the most recent pictures of Paddington, please visit my flickr page at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lizkerrison/sets/72157600003442445/

i update it almost daily.
enjoy!

Paddington: an adventure with a dog

Seeing as this is my first entry, i'll introduce myself. My name is Liz and my puppy is Paddington, an 8 month old female Morkie. I am not going to write this diary from her perspective, because i'm not the biggest fan of that.

I'm going to use this to keep track of her achievements as well as to share in the trials and tribulations of raising a Morkie. She is high spirited and has just recently found her very loud voice, which she is choosing to use quite often, to our dismay. At the moment, she can sit, lie down and do "watch me", but only when she feels she wants to. She doesn't listen very well and likes to growl and bark at me to try to get me to play.

At her age, i believe she has discovered her freedom and is trying to push myself and my boyfriend to see what she can get away with. A friend was talking to me about the "regression" phase, where the puppy decides to "forget" what she's learned and stop listening. We are experiencing this at the moment. To get through this little bump, i'm going to try to train with her every day and be as patient as possible.

This diary is not only for my keeping track, but hopefully it will help other dog owners out there who might be experiencing something similar with their dog.