Maple had 5 brothers and 3 sisters and of those, there were only 4 left when we picked her up on Thursday! She was 6 weeks and 5 days old when we brought her home and she's 7 weeks old today! When we picked her up on Thursday night there was a Father and Son who were bringing home the only orange and white boy. She ran around and played with her brothers, sisters and parents for a little while before we got ready for the hour long car ride.
She was pretty curious in the truck and didn't want to sit still for quire a while! She wasn't very keen on sitting on my lap at the time and kept trying to crawl on Jeremy's lap to help him drive! Finally she got used to the car ride and curled up right next to daddy in the middle seat of the truck!
When we got home we took her out into the kennel to go potty before bringing her in and she did great :) We fed her a little food when we got home as Brian told us she hadn't eaten yet for the night. We spoiled her with a few toys right off the bat and tried to tucker her out so we could get some sleep! She really liked her pig chew toy!
The first night was a little rough for her in her crate. We have a couple of differnt crates so we tried the smallest of them the first night. I'm not sure if she really ever stopped crying but I managed to get a couple of hours of sleep in between. After taking her out a couple of times during the night and playing with her to try and get her to fall asleep, I gave up with the crate for the night and brought her to bed with us at about 5:30 in the morning. She really likes to cuddle up in our bed!
Friday we both took the day off so we could spend some time with her before having to put her in a crate all day! We spent the day playing with her and getting her acustomed to our home. She doesn't care very much for the stairs in and out of the house but she is going up/down the little step right inside the house between the bedroom, side doorway and the kitchen. Friday night we tried putting her in a more open kennel and she did a little better. She still cries and needs to go out a couple times a night, but she did better.
Yesterday we slept in a little bit with her in our bed and watched some TV. Later in the day Jeremy's parents came down to visit their little grand-puppy! She went on a little bitting spurt on Saturday and we're hoping we can get her off of that pretty quick as her little teeth sure are sharp! She's got about 10 toys to choose from, but she loves to go for feet, hands, and clothing instead!!
Tonight we're hoping she does better in the kennel especially since she'll have to be in it during the work day! Luckily, I work about 5-10 minutues away from our house so I'll be coming home during my morning break and during lunch to let her out. If necessary, I'll start taking a break in the afternoon and let her out then too! I usually get done with work around 3:30 so hopefully between lunch time and then she can hold her little bladder!
Here are a few more pictures we took of her over the past couple of days!
