March 4: Ildi meets another Vizsla pup

Just as we were pulling into the parking lot for this week's Agility Class we spot another Vizsla pup outside the door! This doesn't happen often - that we see another Vizsla, never mind a pup so we rushed to park and get Ildi out and run over to meet the pup and her owner.
Ellie is the vizsla pup's name and she's just 2.5 weeks younger than Ildi. She looks and acts so much like Ildi - it was going back in time and we got to re-live some of Ildi's puppy looks and behaviours!
And strangely enough the two dogs instantly got along and even seem to bypass the usual smell and greet and go straight into play. Super cool to see! They played hard for 10min - interesting to see that they both play the same way.
I tried to take some pictures but it was impossible to get the two of them to stay still. So as crazy as the picture I've uploaded seems, it's exactly what we saw! I also took some video.

In other Ildi development news, her new tooth seems to have grown in already, she is shedding like mad - must be her adult coat coming in and she was once again a superstar in agility class. She hasn't gained any weight in the last week though - so still at 19.5lbs and she's now 17 weeks old.
and right she's asleep on her bed - which is a first! as usually as tired as she is, she won't fall asleep outside of her crate unless she's on a lap; so we're quite happy at this development as it can buy us (and her!) some more freedom.

Day 3: we're learning

Last night Ildi woke us up 4 times to 'do her business' (one of them was a false alarm though). We sleep pretty light as we're still trying to learn what all her different whines mean. Right now, any time she whines we get up, take her out of her kennel and take her outside to pee.
Have I mentioned we live in Calgary, Canada and it's January! it's cold outside at 3am when you've just gotten out of your warm bed!

Thurs morning we weighed her (before she ate breakfast) - 12.5lbs (we'll start a graph soon).
Only 2 accidents inside the house today! but I give ourselves most of the credit and not Ildi as we take outside almost every hour :) We've started rating the day; she's 16 (successfull trips to the bathroom)/ 18 (total bathrooms)!

We practiced with her leash today inside the house and in the backyard. and we introduced her to kids for the first time by way of our friend's 3 and 7 year old. Ildi LOVES people and kids - seriously - she gets so excited and all she wants is to be pet. She did well with the kids - especially because we're all nervous, not knowing what she would do and I'm sure she could sense it.

We also created a dictionary for ourselves for the commands that we want to be using with her - that way my husband and I are consistent with what we're teaching.

We definitely need to stop her from chewing everyone and everything! Never having a puppy before, I didn't quite expect the amount of chewing. Is it her, is it her breed or is every puppy this way?