Pupdate (thank you catsgomiaow)

Things we have learnt this week from or about Sidney:

• She can go through a Pedigree Chum Jumbone chew in 3 minutes flat (I timed her). After which she will evince gastrointestinal distress in the form of *unpleasant smells* for the next several hours.
• She thinks 7am is the correct time to wake up. If the humans refuse to wake up at this time; well, she is resourceful and self-motivated. She can find ways to amuse herself.
• Apparently, the Andrex puppy commercials are in fact documentary. Who knew?
• DM shoelaces are fun to chew off. As are DM tags. Veggie DMs are apparently a lot less interesting (ha, SCORE FOR THE VEGANS).
• Pigeons, when chased, flap off in a big kerfuffle. Crows, when chased, lift up about 3' and glide grumpily about 3' & then settle back down again.
• Crows also *remember* you if you chase them, and then they send one of their number to divebomb you when you are trying to evacuate your bowels. (This actually didn't seem to bother her all that much. I was the one getting a bit worried. If it came to fisticuffs, I'd bet on the crow over Sidney.)
• Chews are not toys. Chews are food. Thus, if you hand over a chew at 11pm (in the hope it will be morning entertainment in place of the DMs) a) it will not still be there in the morning to be entertaining, and b) what goes in the puppy must come out of the puppy again.
• It is possible to fit a Sidney-sized dog through a surprisingly small gap in the banisters, if the Sidney-sized dog is feeling motivated enough.
• Smaller dogs make excellent hurdles, if you have failed to decelerate fast enough on your way towards them.

I am bloody knackered atm, I can tell you that. (Woke up twice last night thinking she might need to be taken out; actually took her out once.)