First Night Away From Home

Coco went to her spay appointment today. The vet is going to keep her overnight to monitor her progress and make sure she heals after the spay surgery appropriately. Tonight will be her first night away from home. She was so scared when Ming dropped her off at the vet. I hope she doesn't panic too much and still eats the meals she'll receive at the vet's office.

Agility Photos

Coco loves to jump and run around. We finally caught some photos of her in action going around the backyard. As you can see, she loves to jump and go for her little rubber ball.

Teething Update

Coco's teething has hurt so much that she can't really eat from her food bowl anymore. She'll eat out of our hands but not when the food is in her bowl. She's lost an ounce in a few days just because she hasn't eaten much. We finally figured out the problem was that the food was too hard for her (since many of her teeth have fallen out and she is waiting for the new ones to come in.) The solution was to do what you do for elderly people: make the food softer and easier to chew. With just a few sprinkles of water the kibble instantly became easier to eat for her and she kept craving more food. I fed her her normal ration of food this morning and she kept looking up at the bag of food wanting me to feed her more from it.

I'm glad she's eating again and hopefully won't continue on this downward trend of losing weight -- she isn't that fat.

At 5 months old she weighs 4 lbs 14 oz

C-Town, Partying, and Teeth

Coco had an interesting weekend. She went to San Francisco's Chinatown for the first time. She saw the man that says "happy happy happy" and all the tourists that loiter around Chinatown. She stayed in our arms the entire time since there is no way you'd want any dog to try to walk around the dirty streets of C-town. She got a ton of attention and everyone did double takes just to walk around and see her again.

After Chinatown we, her mommy and daddy, painted the town red and partied until the wee hours of the night. She was a good sport and was awake and lively when we came home from our late night out. When we came home she wanted to play with us and give us lots of little kisses.

Tonight we discovered the reason why Coco has suddenly developed an aversion to eating. She's started teething and has started to lose her baby teeth. We found a baby tooth on the kitchen floor and realized that her adult teeth are coming in. Wonders of wonders ... little Coco is growing up and starting to make the transition from a puppy into an adult.

Weekend of Fun and Progress

Coco had a weekend full of fun and excitement. Her "weekend" began on Thursday with another of her puppy kindergarten classes. This time she did really well and actually started to socialize more with the other puppies. Instead of instantly running to a human for attention and affection she also started to feel out the other puppies. She started to sniff at the other puppies and start following them around. She did much better at this class with the socialization with other puppies.

On Friday she met several new human friends. They all thought she was adorable and she lapped up the attention. She enjoyed the smells of BBQ and ran around to each person asking for more affection.



On Saturday she met a chihuahua, Bee. The chihuahua and her actually did quite well together (it probably helped that they were the same size.) Coco kept sniffing at Bee and wanting to play with him. When we put her in her crate she'd whine because she wanted to explore more of Bee. When the two of them were put in the crate together they'd take opposite corners of one another and alternate between smelling one another and pretending the other didn't exist. She did very well with him and kept trying to get him to play with her.
Coco and Bee Photos



Sunday was her best day. She met another Maltese, Sadie, and the two of them did really well together. They were like two peas in a pod. They'd constantly follow one another and had a ball. They played just like the bigger dogs do, constantly running around and playing together. They had a terrific morning/afternoon together and were sad one the play date had to end. Even though they'd never met prior to today, they bonded instantly. We left the two of them together when we went out to get lunch and I don't think they missed us at all.
Coco and Sadie Photos

Coco is currently passed out due to all the activity she had today. She ran around more today than she has ever run before. Tomorrow, after a good night's rest, she'll be back to her normal high energy level.

Random July Photos

More random photos that we took of Coco because she just looked too cute

Puppy Kindergarten

Yes. There is a such thing as puppy kindergarten and yes, Coco is enrolled in one. Today was the first day of her class. The main goal is to teach the puppy correct socialization habits. The class was split up into small breeds and large breed dogs. In the small breeds section Coco was able to play with 2 havaneses, a maltipoo, and a chihuahua. It turns out she became very timid around all the other dogs and didn't want to play with any of them. :( She became my shadow and followed me around everywhere I went. She'd also seek out affection from any of the other owners but didn't have any interest in playing with the other puppies. *sigh*

Hopefully next week she'll progress a bit further and want to start interacting more with the other dogs. It looks like we'll have to arrange some puppy play dates with our friends who have dogs to help her get used to the fact that there are other dogs out there in the world and that she's got to learn to play with them.

She came back from the class happy and tired, making bath time really easy this time.

As I write this post she is completely passed out and could easily sleep through the night.