Growing up

Simone is a high energy girl.
She came into the house at 8wks and could see no reason why she shouldn't take over.
She never 'walked' anywhere, she had two speeds, stop and 100 miles per hour.
So finding that there were rules in my house came as a bit of a shock to my precious princess.
The first few weeks were a constant 'NO !!'   Don't attack my dachshund, Don't eat the cat, Don't chew anything that has not been given to you for that purpose !!! Don't piddle on the floor, etc, etc.
Then there was a whole new language to learn, ENGLISH, she had to realise that the noises that came out of a human actually meant something !!!
She took all this learning quite easily, and soon became an integral part of the house, although she didn't always see why she had to 'come here' when asked, especially when she was very busy doing something else.
So the first month or so was dedicated to learning what I call 'good manners', like, don't snatch when offered a piece of food, come here when asked, don't jump up on people and 'no' when we sit down to dinner you are not invited, humans are not teething toys. So many new things to learn, so many new things to see, so many new things to do. It's a wonder to me that most dogs live quite happily with the human race as to them we must seem totally incomprehensible. However, adjust she did, and never lost her happy outgoing nature. She never lost her incredible 'bounce' either, but that's another story.
Next time I'll tell about Simone's 'competition training'.