Day 15 with Bean. Today was a learning experience once again. Left Bean alone for the entire afternoon. I actually don't think he was very very excited all the time today. Super impressed with my mum too, she made a lot of good decisions that I would never have thought of. She turned a pigeon hole so that its opening is facing the wall, this way Bean won't have a chance to bite the things in it. She closed the kitchen doors entirely so that he won't see the living room and try to go out. Super super happy that she made those choices, it made me worry less when I was at work.
There were still some damage though. He tore through a part of the carpet that we left in his crate for comfort! So now I've removed it from him, but I don't blame him cos it's part of his teething stage. I can always get another carpet, that ain't a problem. Definitely made full use of the time tonight to train him. It was the first thing I did when I came home. I can't lose sight of this and give up, I really want to train him to become the obedient dog that I want him to be.
The issue now is that he still gets overly excited way too easily. I need him to be calm and composed. I've read somewhere that dogs can sense our energy and they react the same way too. Do I have a bad energy now? I really gotta learn how to be more patient and calm so that Bean can feel the same way too. I need to improve on myself, and right now Bean is showing me where I should be improving on and how I should improve. I should try my best to work on that.
The next 2 days I'll probably have much less time to do training with him. I'll be doing training on my own so I'll be back home late. I hope he remembers what I thought him today and he will continue to learn that he needs to be calm. Meanwhile, yes I shouldn't worry so much. It's a phase, he's a puppy, I need to give him time and stop being so difficult on myself.
