First Blanket Fort!

We hope everyone is healthy and safe. Here at our home, we are doing our best to follow the best practices set by the health department, which means figuring out fun things to do at home. One of those things was to throw it back to our childhood by making a blanket fort and watching a movie.

When we started moving the furniture, Porgi was incredibly skeptical. You could see it on his face since he wasn’t smiling and looking trying to figure out what was happening. We were moving chairs and tables around our apartment and he decided to wait it out in the safety of the bedroom. Once he heard the moving generally stop, he came back outside to investigate.

To Porgi’s delight, he saw the blankets and our sleeping bags on the floor! He immediately jumped in and made himself comfortable. Throughout the first half of our movie, Porgi lay at our feet enjoying the cuddle time…

Cuddle Time! 

…speaking of cuddle time, that has increased the longer we stay indoors. As Porgi continues to get used to us being more at home, he is allowing himself to sleep (rather than try to figure out why we are home all the time). He is finally adjusting well and with that, he is more and more comfortable just hanging out on his bed or on the couch with us. While he has always been a big cuddler, he has become even more so as he senses our need to relax.

The thing that he hasn’t been really done since he was a puppy is to fall asleep on the couch. He much prefers his own spots with a bed/bedding on it to the couch. While some things do change, we are really glad that he still wants to cuddle up next to us!

Trying New Chew Treats

Keeping Porgi occupied while we work has been more of a challenge than we initially anticipated. We usually play music for him to help him sleep since it keeps out some of the outside noise that he usually reacts to. But since we are in meetings and calls, we can’t do that as much. So something we are trying is providing different treats.

SmartBones from Chewy.com is the one that we decided to try out. While we still use hooves as the main thing he chews one (besides his toys), we wanted something else to provide some variety for him. While one bone lasted about an hour (at most), it is a nice change since the bones are made out of real chicken and vegetables with less of the worry. While we watched him eat, we noticed less sharp edges and since it was a bit new, Porgi had to think more on how he wanted to chew it. Excerise of the mind is just as important as expending Porgi’s physical energy.

What’s That I Hear?

We think that Porgi feels the need to protect us while we are home, which leads him to bark more often. We try to get some airflow in our apartment by opening the windows slightly. But this does cause him to hear more of what is happening outside. So, as you see above, sometimes we look over and just see Porgi with his eyes towards a window wondering what that sound could be.

He is generally friendly, but he can have a bit of a mean streak at times. We consistently work on the settle command, but he loves to let us know when there is another dog passing by or something new is happening.

One positive thing though is that Porgi has helped us keep to a routine. Each day around the same time we take him outside to walk and potty, then feed him. Since he is on a schedule, it has helped us also keep to one and still have some semblance of our previous routine.

Still, we can’t wait until we can take Porgi back to the park and run around with other dogs…but until then we will be sending everyone positive vibes to you and your loved ones.

From our home to yours,

Porgi and his Pawrents (M&M)