Penny's Best Day Ever (So Far)

Penny had her best day ever so far in her little young life. She accompanied me and one of my dogs to a local agility trail.

Penny met LOTS of people and LOTS of dogs. Everyone who met her exclaimed how cute, adorable, playful and friendly she was--aside from those sharp puppy teeth of hers. She met lots of puppy friendly dogs who would tell her when she was getting carried away without hurting her. Hopefully those little wheels in her head are turning and she is starting to learn some manners.

She watched everything and everything and didn't want to miss a thing.

She had a blast playing with the people, the dogs and she even found a border collie puppy to wrestle around and play with.

I think if Penny could talk, she would say it was the best day ever. She was wiped out by the time we got back home. It made for a nice relaxing evening with a puppy who was worn out and slept the entire evening.

A tired puppy is a good puppy :)

Penny Loves to Play

Penny LOVES to play. It's hard to get good photos or video or her because she so stinking fast :)

Here's a little video I shot. I had to delete the other 6 because she'd run out of view and she'd bounce around like a rubber ball. In this video, she's actually being slower and calmer!

She also likes to tug, grab, shake, jump and roll all over toys (or you if you let her). Oh, if a toy makes noise, she really goes crazy. Most of the photos are a blur. Here's one that's not.

I need to get some photos with her ears a-flying and running around. She's so funny. After a good play session, she's ready for a nice nap.

This little girl is a barrel of fun. She will make a great addition to an active family who will not let her push them around. She'll try if you let her :)

Potty Training Penny

Penny's potty training is going well. I take her out frequently and we stay outside until she potties. I can to you one thing, she's not a fan of wet grass or the rain. She tried to tell me that little pittie puppies just don't simply walk around on wet grass to potty. I had a heart to heart talk with her and said yes they do.

She begrudgingly went (kicking & screaming initially), but lo and behold, once on the grass, she pottied. Then she high tailed it back to the deck, pretty much much pulling me with her on the leash. Amazing how an 11 pound little puppy can pull that much.

Anytime we go out and she has pottied, I let her tell me when she wants to go in. When she's done if she wants to stay out outside for awhile, we do. If she wants to go in right afterwards, we do. I don't want her to think that once she potties, we go back in right away. Some puppies learn that if they don't potty outside, they can stay out longer. I don't want her to fall into that pattern, so she actually gets to call the shots on how long we stay out AFTER she potties.

We've only had a few accidents and they are always my fault because I didn't keep better track of time. She's doing REALLY well with crate training. Only one accident in her crate. Again my fault for making her wait too long.

In the middle of the night, if she wakes up and cries, I take her out to potty. She does her business and we go right back to bed.

She's a very good girl. As I've mentioned in previous blog entries, she's so smart. She blows me away with how smart she is for an approximately 9 week old puppy.

Bold and Sassy

Penny is about as cute as they come. She's bold, confident, curious and sassy. She met my 4 large dogs today and wasn't the slightest bit concerned.

She LOVES to play. If you give her a toy and play with her and the toy, all is good. If you don't she'll just try and play that you are toy! They don't call puppies land sharks for nothing. We're working on that. A little lady needs manners after all.

She loves for you to tug with her. She'll shake and throw her toys. Sometimes she'll just pounce if the toy is just laying there.

She's also so smart. She has blown me away with how smart and easy she learns. She's learning to sit for her food. She has also figured out that if she's carrying on in her crate, she's not coming out, BUT, if she sits and is quiet, she gets to come out.

She also learned how to drink water of out the big dog water fountain all on her own. She's tackling steps--including scary deck steps with open backs. She's learning how to walk on a leash and enjoys exploring. Penny is just amazing!

It's probably to early to tell, but if she keeps up like this, she might even end up being a good performance sport dogs (such as agility & obedience/rally obedience). I think she will also like hiking a great deal. I think she's going to end up being a pretty active dog. Again, time will tell.

I wouldn't be very surprised if this cutie pie gets adopted quickly.

A Penny Saved

Today a Penny was saved. This was not just an ordinary Penny. This Penny is an adorable Pit Bull puppy with not much hope. You see, in today's world there are to many people with not good intentions looking for Pennies like me. Because of this, even as little puppy, Penny was not considered adoptable and it had nothing to do with her personality, temperament or anything of the sort. It was all because of some bad people looking for Pit Bulls for all the wrong reasons.

So, poor little Penny was only allowed to go to a rescue/adoption group. Well, due to so many things like the economy and the over population of dogs and cats, all the rescues and adoption groups are bursting at the seams. No one had room for Penny.

It didn't look good for this little 8-10 week old puppy who was turned into the shelter when the people, on impulse bought her in a parking lot at Walmart's only to find that their apartment complex would not allow them to have Penny.

Then through the power of the email, the Internet and modern technology, Penny's plight was heard. Someone stepped up to foster her if a group would put her through their adoption program. Then another person involved with a local group said they would go get her from the shelter and got her admitted to their group's adoption program since she had a foster home.

All the pieces fell into place. Penny was pulled from the shelter where her days were limited and is headed to her foster home. She's well on her way to starting her new life that help her become a much loved pet in a much deserved forever home.

Stayed tuned for future updates and photos on this little cutie!