All About Cupcake

We have really enjoyed our time with Cupcake this week. My husband keeps saying that he is going to put an application in for her if she stays much longer. She really is just the cutest thing ever.. but also a very, very active, playful, & feisty little pup. She totally holds her own with the other dogs and absolutely adores her best friend, Cocoa.

Cupcake is a very rambunctious puppy still-- she loves to chase the other dogs (and vice versa!) and can get quite worked up and barking while playing. But she is fully crate trained and easily accepts having a little quiet time in an exercise pen or her crate. She sleeps all night no problems in her crate in our room. She is doing very well on her potty training, but she will have the occasional piddle accident during active playtime with the other dogs if we aren't watching closely enough. However outside she zips right to her spot and pees right away. She often pees several times outside and poops, then comes for praise, then starts her playtime. She doesn't ever soil her crate. She barks at cats but doesn't chase them. In fact, she barks at most unfamiliar things until she verifies they are "ok".

Cupcake will definitely be at Petco (Great Hills Trail) on Saturday from 1-4. We know that several families are coming specifically to meet her, so our days with her are probably numbered. We want people to know that she will need basic obedience training and consistent redirection/reinforcement of her "good girl" behaviors while she gets through her puppy period, but she is a true delight and well worth the hard work.