OH TO SLEEP AGAIN!!!!

I cried last night. Not out of unadulterated happiness at being a pug mumma, but out of sheer frustration over Coco's insistent puppy playfulness after she'd spent a very naughty day with me at work in the office and I was knackered and instead of concentrating on toileting (she owed me poo) she was biting my jeans and my shoes and my fingers when I went to pull her away from my feet.

Nobody said it would be easy. But I had no idea she would be so much hard work...it wouldn't be a problem if I had more time at home with her. I can handle the early wake-ups so long as I can get to bed early. However I struggle when she won't settle in her crate when I want to go to sleep for the night. I struggle to concentrate on work when she is biting everything but the array of toys I have for her in the office.

Lack of sleep and never having much patience just leads to the frustration. Then you look down and notice that she looks like Yoda when she's sleeping and you kind of melt inside.

It's not a particularly positive post, no, but it's the honest truth! I don't feel good about writing about this but I can't write about all the goodness of having a little pug of my own. Even my much more patient and easy-going Kien-sen is getting frustrated which scares me cos if that's the case then it must be a not-so-good situation.

My solution at the moment is to knacker her out when I can, heaps of praise and reduced-size treats when she's good (I think she's fattying out from her treats for toileting outside all the time so I've had to make her treat sizes smaller) and to marvel in her cuteness when she's sleeping. There's always her training classes to look forward to!!! October 17th cannot come fast enough. We may even have to ask the nice lady about her home-training sessions in the meantime. Coco's not naughty (at least, not in anyway that could be deem unusual for a puppy) but it's the pressure for me to have a well-behaved pup so my boss doesn't kick us out of the office that's putting me on edge!