Hey! We're still alive and kicking here on the homestead just in case you were worried. Sorry we haven't posted in awhile. Chalk it up to the end of the winter blues. When the weather was yucky we didn't feel like making the trek into town and when it was good we were working.
Anyway… we've had quite a few comments asking how Blaze was doing so I thought I would give you an update about her.
First of all, she's grown quite a bit. We're hoping she grows into her ears!
Blaze at 11 weeks. (click image for larger view)
Blaze at 6 weeks. (click image for larger view)
Blaze has become quite the chow hound. While we are feeding her puppy chow we are gradually introducing any and all appropriate "people food" to her diet because that's what she'll eventually be eating exclusively.
Most of the food, like eggs and meat, she considers a TREAT but getting her to eat raw garlic has been a challenge. She finally does it without having to shove it down her throat like medicine. Eating raw garlic has many benefits but mostly we do it for flea control.
Her favorite treats are pig ears and ham bones… go figure!
She's completely housebroken, or in our case – tipi broken, now. She runs to the door and barks to let us know she needs to go outside. YEAH! She will also come, sit and speak on command.
She's still doing a lot of chewing – mostly on us! – but she should grow out of that soon.
Blaze is really getting into exploring more and more of the area surrounding the tipi. She goes a little further each day. She's been spending a lot of time with us as we're working in the garden. I'm hoping that she becomes very territorial about it because it's going to be her job to run off any critters that want to eat our plants.
However… just when you thought she sounds like the perfect homestead dog I need to let you know that she was not interested AT ALL in waking up at 2:00 am to chase the mouse that was scurrying around in the tipi this morning. Looks like we have some more training to do 😉
Hickory Hollow Homestead 