Day Four with Ellie

Ellie isn't crying as much when people walk in the house while she’s in the crate. She's playing more with Samson. Oscar the cat still hates her. Ellie is peeing on the floor sporadically. She sleep through the night again.

Day Three with Ellie

Ellie is doing better in the crate. She is now both eating and drinking in the crate. Samson started playing with her outside. She's eating well, and slept through the whole night. :D

Day Two with Ellie

Ellie stayed in her crate from 8am to 12pm and from 1pm to 5pm. She cried when she was in the crate and heard us in the house. We stopped feeding and watering after 9:30pm and kept her up until 11:30pm. She cried much less that night. ;)

Day One with Ellie

I (Lauren) decided to stay home and babysat. She's still a little hesitant in her new home. She cried all throughout the night again. Would. Not. Stop.

She's scared of the crate.

Ellie's First Night

Our first dog's name is Samson, and he is a Great Pyrenees (that is to say mostly Great Pyrenees - we think he has some Labrador in him too). He is a great joy to us, but after a couple of years with him alone, we decided he would do well with a friend.

And so we brought Ellie into our lives.


Ellie Stats: 8 weeks old, 18 lbs., born December 28, 2008
Brought home at 10:30 pm by Anna. Feels skinny. Very standoffish and scared. Cried throughout the night.

Peanut Butter = Happiness

We bought this toy for Samson that we can put peanut butter inside. Fun times ensue.

Thunder is Scary...

Samson has always been afraid of only a handful of things: falling broomsticks, fireworks, and thunder. One day I came home and found him hiding during a thunderstorm. The result is hilarity considering he was WAY too big for his hiding spot.