River Had A Sleep over

A wonderful fun filled active 3 days. We sure had fun! River is a very active little girl! Just as smart as a whip, full of pi** and vinegar, and eager to learn!
When she was here we had a mixture of dry sunny days and snowy blowing days. We even thought Spring had sprung, the ground was thawing, leaving yucky water pools everywhere. Fun to run and jump through but oh so messy.  Im sure her mom and dad had to give her a bath when she returned home. 
Just when the yard was starting to dry up, BAM, the very next day blizzard! Snow all over again. It didnt deter River from wanting to play outside. She ran and frolicked just like a puppy should.
Oh puppies, oh puppies!  Remind me again when they start to calm?  She did a great job reminding me to pick everything up and move things out of her reach.  The nice part was she brought everything to me and said,"Hey Lady, look what I found." Is it for me?" Oh how I laughed.  Slippers, gloves, toques, spare mats, dog brushes and pencils!  Well okay the pencil was in bits. Oh my I learned too.

Hey Lady? What's over there?

She ran circles around the other dogs and begged for their attention. Every minute of every day. Princess MollyDawg did her very, very best to make her listen. Lady May displayed her many attitudes. She stays in a defensive mode and will not be played with until she feels confident. She snarled and growled and pushed her away many times. I could see the look in her eyes when River walked (read ran) into the room. "Oh bother, here she comes again. Brace yourself!"

Royal K9 Korner has a few routine nap times, 10 am, 3 pm and again after dinner 7 pm. The first time we had to show River it was nap time by putting her in the crate. Everybody went to sleep and so did she. By the 3 pm naptime River already knew or was tired enough to get it. 

Day 1 10 am naptime

She simply chose a mat and curled up all by herself. What a good and smart little girl she is. It didn't take her long to figure out, we were going to have ALOT of outside play time. She ran and chased and jumped as much as she wanted. She was even polite when we practiced some leash skills and some recall.  She's still learning to be patient with the older dogs who dont have the same energy level as she does. That will come. 1 year olds cant be expected to know everything right off for heavens sake.

When it was bedtime she curled up beside our bed with the others. We placed the safety gate around her bed to prevent any sneaking at night. She certainly didnt need it. She slept like a baby all night long. When the others woke for there morning piddle we had to wake Little River.
It didnt take her long to realize this was a short playtime and the day hadnt actually started. It was back to sleep for a few hours before breakie. She eagerly complied and fell fast asleep again. She has wonderful manners at eating time. She makes perfect eye contact and sits politely until she's given the eat signal. 

Fast asleep all night long

Friday was a vet day for the Royals so River was able to come along for the ride with us.  All the dogs are seat-belted in and River is no exception. She watched out the window for awhile then just curled up and slept the entire way.  What a calm little traveler she is.

Are we there yet?

Wake me when we get there please

Waiting patiently for dinner

 River learned alot of house rules as well as outside rules this visit. We know it wont take her long to remember them on her next visit.
She is more than welcome to visit us again any time at all.
Check out her photos soon to be loaded in our Facebook album here. Royal K9 Korner Photos/River