Long silence

Well, we have been just living a regular life = nothing special to report. Riva has now been spending days loose in the bedroom for over a month and has still behaved, mostly. A few new teethmarks have appeared in the handles of my two dressers (easily replaced) and he shredded the foam matress I put for him (he prefers to sleep on the floor, apparently he is hot) but apart from that he has behaved himself.

I have started to see a more serious side of him that reminds of his mother Ally. He is not a happy-go-lucky, goofball puppy anymore. He has learned that inside you are supposed to settle down and rest, he doesn't try to entice Jambi into playing inside anymore, like he did when he was smaller. Outside they still have a blast. And he is starting to stand up for his rights. The other day I gave the dogs rawhide chews and, as usual, Jambi finished his in record time and started to skirt Riva and his chew, just in case he could steal it. Riva lifted his lip to tell Jambi "this is mine and I will defend it" and at that point I told Jambi to get out of the room to let Riva finish his in peace. Jambi is a maniac when it comes to anything edible... Riva doesn't defend food or chews or even real bones from me, though.