Finlay is still doing splendidly well and is approaching 7 months old and 7kg in weight. As it was his first Christmas there were lots of new things for him to see and do. His first encounter with a Christmas tree went surprisingly well, it was a small 5ft fibre optic tree and he actually wasn't that keen on it - I don't think he liked the fibre strands sticking in him, so he steered well clear. He had some presents to open on Christmas day and he even needed some guidance as to what to do, unlike our previous Tibbies who loved ripping open paper parcels (especially the one's they weren't supposed to).
He is now going for slightly longer walks and loves the wettest muddiest fields and woods, he might look clean and fluffy at the beginning, but he often doesn't look that way by the end of the walk! He also loves the skate ramp at our local park, he particularly loves getting some 'air' and often breaks into a puppy zoomie going up and down and 'round and 'round the ramps.
Jumping.....he loves to. Our previous Tibbies, one in particular (Louie), was as agile as Finlay but did not have the drive and desire to jump up or over things. Finlay sees everything as a challenge - I don't need to jump up there, but I'm going to bloomin well try. His nose will touch my elbow when I'm preparing Finlays dinner and he can get his head and shoulders above the height of a stairgate. It is only a matter of time before he tries the stairgate jump. He broke through the stairs stairgate to come and join me in the bathroom this morning and jumped straight into the bath without hesitation. Bit of a strange move Finlay and you may come to regret that one day!
Woofing.....he loves to. I have commented on the woofing before and it has continued. He is very noise sensitive right now and hopefully he will grow out of this a bit. Wind making the house make funny noises, other dogs barking, odd sounds on the TV, many new sounds such as me clattering around in the garage - they all need woofing at. The TV in particular can be a right pain as he runs up to the TV and jumps up at it, which I'm not overly impressed with.
He also has woofed when we've left him at night, but this is a different woofing. Since we've had him, he has slept down in the kitchen, without issue. However, a few times over the last few weeks when we've left him he woofs. Sometimes briefly, on a couple of occasions for 60 minutes or more. This is a woof that says "I've decided I don't want to sleep down here on my own, I want to sleep upstairs with you". Well....we have done that with previous dogs, but we'd rather not with Finlay if it can be avoided. So far he seems to have accepted we won't come down to his woofing, and it seems to have stopped now....we'll see!
Growling....he's trying it out for size. As he is over 6 months old now, he is trying out his authority as the amount of testosterone in him increases. We need to nip this in the bud, so down a peg or two he needs to come....
Visiting my dad in his care home. We hoped Finlay would take to this and he has, he loves meeting people and he knows his way around the care home now. I think if we let him off the lead, he'd go from the lobby to the lift and then straight to dads room. In all seriousness I wonder whether he would make a good pat dog, the care home encourage dogs to come in and although Finlay has been a bit boisterous he is beginning to show signs of calming down and will sit on dads lap and let him stroke him. He is still a bit liable to jump up and lick dads face, which he isn't keen on, but dad loves to see him and Finlay loves to be there. All the staff do too!
Here is a recent picture of Finlay, looking slightly superior, as Tibbies like to
Finlay loves balls. We've had this treat ball for a few years, but Finlay had never seen it. So this is a video of the first time he played with it, it just has kibble in it. Finlay has had many great sessions bouncing it off all of our furniture, doesn't stop until it is empty
Talking of balls, this one squeaks. And squeaks, and squeaks, and squeaks......
Tibetan Spaniel puppy play date. Finlay met his friend Jinpa again recently. He met him a couple of months ago and we wondered whether he might remember him. Haha! Remember him, he positively fell in love with him, they both played and played and kissed. Even trying to separate them briefly for a breather results in sqinneying and crying from both of them.
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| Me and my mate |
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