Unlimited energy! (Wednesday 21st August 2019)

It has only taken three days for Tanza to be completely at home with us (two actually, yesterday was a reinforcement of the day before!).

Put simply, he's either racing around, exploring the garden; carrying things he's found in his mouth; jumping out of his three-foot high pen on the lawn; demanding to be played with; totally under my feet inside the house (he really will get trodden on very soon!); 

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... or he's crashed out, lying stretched out on the grass or carpet, or wherever he happened to be at the time. There's little inbetween. He's not afraid of noisy machines either. I was mowing the grass, and both times he jumped (or maybe climbed, I didn't actually see the event) out of his pen, he ran right up to me at the mower. This was impressive. He is less keen on the vacuum cleaner even though it's a Miele and is quite quiet. However, he doesn't hide, but simply retreats to another room, poking his head out every now and then to check what's happening.

One thing he won't try so far, is going downstairs. He stands uncertainly at the top of a flight and that's it. To be honest, I'm content with that. There is at least one thing he won't try / place he won't go – at the moment!"No' I'm not doing that!"

I've heard that puppies can be something of a life-changer but I wasn't quite ready for this little, so-soft, ball of super-charged fur. That said, I'm in complete awe of him – of his perfect, beautiful design; his energy; his affection. What a joy he is.

Tanza had his first visit to the vet today, Oak Barn Vets in Shalford, just to the South of Guildford. They are so friendly and helpful there. We saw Louise who has only been at the practice for five months. I recorded the second half of our time together on my phone. I should have recorded it all. She had so much information for me, and I really cannot remember a single one of those long, complicated names for the possible ailments, medicines and vaccinations. Anyway, he had his first vaccination and he didn't bat an eye. The next one (Parvovirus?) is booked for a month's time. His weight is 5.49kg. As I carried him in my arms back into the large waiting-room to pay, there were 'oohs' and 'aahs' from the customers waiting to be seen. "What a beautiful face", "What a gorgeous puppy". Quite embarrassing really.

This vet practice holds a 30-minute 'puppy socialisation' time  every other Saturday at 08:30. Apparently there are about 10 - 14 puppies. It sounds like a great idea and I'm booked in for the 31st September.