Puh Puh Puh Puppy Power!!!

Here's Miles, doing what he usually does, sleeping.

We got a new puppy. Eight pounds of vim, vigor, bad puppy breath, chinese opera, and probably some kind of super coil springs. His name is Miles. He's named after the jazz musician, a sort of trend among our pets. Miles seemed to fit well; next to his two yipping, nipping brothers he was the calm and cool one, content to sit and wait his turn for a belly rub. At a mere 9 weeks old, he has been part of our family for 2 days, and already it feels like he's with us the whole time.

Of course, not everyone thinks that. Ryan and Rob (the humans) can't stop playing with him. Ella and Bernie...well, let's just say they're not ready to start exchanging Christmas presents just yet. Ella and Bernie are the two cats that live in this house. One of them (Bernie) is a little skittish, and the other (Ella) may in fact be the demon spawn of the only cat in hell with the daring to scratch the devil. It would not be surprising to learn that Ella committed premeditated murder. Therefore it is surprising that we have all survived the past two days with fairly little incident. There has been some hissing, and a swat or two to the nose as she asserts her dominance, but it's not hard to see that with a little time and patience, all five of us will become good friends. That is what this blog is going to be about.

We are not experts, but we have some experience with dogs; Rob grew up with dogs and Ryan works for a local branch of the SPCA. We are not professional trainers, dog whisperers or veterinarians; what we are is curious. This is our first puppy together, and we have a lot of learning to do, and that is exactly what we will be doing here: learning. We will use Miles' behavior, antics, training and yogi-like sleeping positions to learn more about our pup, and hopefully you can learn about yours. Keep checking in. Good boy.