Puppyship Day 3!!

I now understand why people always say: "Dogs are like children." Although I disagree with the fact that they should be treated like a human child, they do take up all your time and require a lot of your attention, just like a kid. I expected this, just wasn't expecting it to be so life altering. Even so Josh and I do not regret it at all.
When Josh brought Nova home from Amorita's a few days ago, I heard that her first car trip wasn't her favorite. She whined and barked in her crate, and even got car sick from all the treats Josh gave her, to try to desensitize her to her kennel. So Josh had to drive most of the way home with the windows cracked because it smelt so bad. ha.
Nova's first night was awful! She cried alllll night. I needed to sleep so bad because I had a 10 hour shift the next morning. So Josh slept outside her kennel on the floor the whole night to keep her quiet. But, doing this did not set us up for a good sleep the next night either. So Josh and I went to Walgreens and bought some ear plugs. Nova had to suck it up night 2.
Josh and I have been working on a few training commands already, and she's already had our neighbor as a visitor. She's pretty good at "COME." I think she thinks that's her name. ha. So we have to work on getting her attention with "NOVA." She also does "SIT" and "DROP IT" sometimes, but they need more work. The happiest command both Josh and I enjoy is "POTTY!!" She finally goes pee in her little indoor sod box! She tries to poop in the box but doesn't quite understand that if she just puts her front two feet in the box that she's not really "in the box." ha. So we always have to pick up her hind legs mid-poop and put her all the way in. When we're gone and she poops it's always right by the box. So we know she's really trying. haha. Nova's not so favorite command is "CRATE." We tried to coax her in with treats and toys, none of which works to get her in. So we just have to throw her in and close the door really really fast, then we praise and give treats.

So that's about it for now, besides that she has her first vet appointment today so we'll see how that goes.