Between having a new puppy in the house and having caught my first cold of the winter, I have done no knitting except in the car going to and returning from puppy acquisition. Nor have I spun an inch.
When I have rested enough from feeling poorly, I have washed, air dried, folded and stored all of the door mats, vacuumed, spot cleaned and aired all of the rugs, rolled them and stored them under a bed until we no longer have puppy puddles and piles left in the house. The living room rug is too large to move, so the living room has been blocked off with furniture and his large wire kennel for the same reason. It is easier to clean up a hard floor, plus he is more reluctant to use the hard floor, preferring the grass outdoors, thank goodness.
Progress is being made in training, he will now voluntarily go up and down the stairs to the loft and our room, a good thing since Ranger already weighs 23 lbs at 9 weeks and we don't want him to think he can be carried. He will now walk on a leash most of the time, another good thing since "come" and his name are still foreign to him and we don't want him wandering too far from the house at night when we take him out.
He seems to like riding in the car, so I guess another training event will be to get him to use a ramp to get into the backs of the Xterra or the CRV. Mastiff's aren't noted for their athleticism and he will soon be too large to assist him up into the back of the SUV.
It is pouring rain outside right now. He has not shown any reluctance to light rain, but we don't even want to go out in this. It hailed enough down the mountain a few minutes ago when we were coming home from Jim's Physical Therapy to look like it snowed. The forecast is heavy rain, wind, hail and even snow by Monday. It will be a good weekend to stay in, recover from this cold, read, and knit.
When I have rested enough from feeling poorly, I have washed, air dried, folded and stored all of the door mats, vacuumed, spot cleaned and aired all of the rugs, rolled them and stored them under a bed until we no longer have puppy puddles and piles left in the house. The living room rug is too large to move, so the living room has been blocked off with furniture and his large wire kennel for the same reason. It is easier to clean up a hard floor, plus he is more reluctant to use the hard floor, preferring the grass outdoors, thank goodness.
Progress is being made in training, he will now voluntarily go up and down the stairs to the loft and our room, a good thing since Ranger already weighs 23 lbs at 9 weeks and we don't want him to think he can be carried. He will now walk on a leash most of the time, another good thing since "come" and his name are still foreign to him and we don't want him wandering too far from the house at night when we take him out.
He seems to like riding in the car, so I guess another training event will be to get him to use a ramp to get into the backs of the Xterra or the CRV. Mastiff's aren't noted for their athleticism and he will soon be too large to assist him up into the back of the SUV.
It is pouring rain outside right now. He has not shown any reluctance to light rain, but we don't even want to go out in this. It hailed enough down the mountain a few minutes ago when we were coming home from Jim's Physical Therapy to look like it snowed. The forecast is heavy rain, wind, hail and even snow by Monday. It will be a good weekend to stay in, recover from this cold, read, and knit.
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