On Wednesday this week, we picked up our new little edition...Elbereth Kiitos, and we are very excited to have her. Her mum is Elbereth Kaisa at Arktinen, and her dad is Multi Ch Fidelis Duuri (known as Usko), from Holland. She is 8 weeks old tomorrow, and is a very sweet black tri, and she seems to be settling in well. 'Kiitos' is Finnish for 'thank you', and we thank Toni Jackson, her breeder, and Pia Reynolds, Kaisa's hu-mum, for entrusting her to us...we'll look after her well, we promise!
After picking her up from Pia's house, she was a perfect passenger on the way home, and curled up quietly on my lap all the way home. When we got home, Adam took Inko out into the garden, and then I brought Kiitos out to meet her. Inko was a little unsure what this small thing was at first, but was soon wagging her tail and saying hello.
We were unsure how the first night would go, as many pups like to have a good old howl when put to bed, to express their annoyance at being left on their own, especially with as everything is new and unknown, but she was a star. Apart from a very small (maybe 5 seconds) whine, she settled straight down and went to sleep in her crate. When I woke up at 6.15, we hadn’t heard a peep from her all night. She’d had a little accident in her crate over night, but not unexpected really, as she’d had her routine of feeding changed slightly, and she was in a new place.
I had forgotten quite how much energy puppies have when they first wake up, and I’m not sure Inko knew what hit her in the first hour of the morning! She was such a good tolerant girl, letting Kiitos climb all over her, and she didn’t even grumble when Kiitos was pulling at her face and leg fur. We’re so lucky that Inko is so sweet natured, because we didn’t need to worry too much when they were playing. Occasionally Inko forgets how small Kiitos is, and tries to play a little rough, but a quick reminder from us to ‘be gentle’ and she backs off.
We’re now moving into day 3, and despite accidents in her crate each night, Kiitos is doing very well indeed. She is already getting to grips with ‘sit’ very nicely, and is also doing pretty well with ‘down’. Her ‘stand’ is taking a little more practice, as at the moment it is more of a lunge at the treat, but we’re definitely making progress. Looks like we have another very clever one, which is fab, because we love doing the training. I have even had Inko and Kiitos in synchronised ‘sit’ and ‘down’ training this morning. We had forgotten quite how tiring puppies can be, but we are enjoying the fun of having two lappies. I am just starting my two weeks of 'puppernity leave', and then Adam has his two weeks off. By the end of that month we should have Kiitos well settled into a routine.
Here’s a few pictures that we’ve managed to get so far.
Ok, I might have set this picture up, by plonking a very sleepy Kiitos on a very sleepy Inko, but when they aren't sleepy it is hard to get a photo that isn't blurred!!
This was always Inko's fave spot as a puppy, but it is a somewhat tighter squeeze for Kiitos to fit under there! She is definitely a bit bigger, possibly because she was only one of 5, whereas Inko was one of 9!
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