He is 8 weeks old and has been with me in his new home for 2 days now.

What a bundle of puppy energy. And he is smart. Knew his name by the end of the first day. Knew how to escape to the next room through small gaps, which have now been closed.

Today was his first long mini walk (around the corner) where he met the fellow dog walking group (all vaccinated and dogs I know). He loooved it!

Fireball Willow!

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Very cold here -18C, one weather app says -21C.

Willow, being new to this earth does not understand how all of a sudden it is bone chilling cold outside.

It is tooo cold for him to stay out there on his own and he does not have reliable recall. So I take him out on a leash into the backyard for the last couple of days.

He is surprised by the crunch of the snow and the bitter cold. .....Does his business and then runs quickly back into the house.

...Doggy dreams of better weather....

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Yesterday was a big day for Willow. He had the big snip.

He is a trooper as you would hardly know that he had surgery. Very energetic today, despite the cone when I can't watch him.

Here he is enjoying a chew this morning.

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He loves drinking the early morning dew droplets off the grass. He will walk along, with his head bent.....and one thinks he is sniffing. Nope. He is licking the dew drops. From any and all grass when on walks.

I don't use fertilizer or pesticides on my property, so it is ok I guess.
But.... on walks, when he bends down to sniff, he will try to lick the grass. So I try to keep him off the really well kept lawns, and allow him on the weedy lawns, because I hope they are not putting any chemicals on the lawn.

It is one of Willow's quirks. Don't know how to counter it.

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