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hampton monroe - a control freak
Thu, Jan 21 2010 05:40
| Mummy's musings, Puppies
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I've never had a dog that was soooo into his routine. If he is off his schedule he goes crazy. Without his routine he gets very uncomfortable, whiney, paws at me, starts chewing whatever he can get his mouth on and rings his bell constantly (we trained him to ring the bell when he has to pee but uses it for other communication purposes). What a control freak! Here are a few examples:
- Since Hampton joined our family a year ago he has not let me sleep in past 7am. By the
way I am not a morning person.
- He must must must have his breakfast at 6am and dinner at 6pm.
- He must go for his walks at the same time each day and after his walks he picks up one of
his favourite toys and runs up and down the hall way with it non-stop for 5 to 10 minutes.
- After dinner he must have quality time with mummy on the couch (which 50% of the time
includes mummy holding one end of a chew toy while he chews the other end).
- Just recently I discovered he has a favourite blanket which he must nap with. He refuses to
cuddle and nap with any other. Btw his naps are very important especially when I am
working from home so I can have some peace.
Again, what a control freak! But a very cute one so I can't help but enable his behavior. LOL! As I write this he is ringing his 'bell' alerting me to the fact that its almost 6pm - dinner time. He's so silly!!

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I've never had a dog that was soooo into his routine. If he is off his schedule he goes crazy. Without his routine he gets very uncomfortable, whiney, paws at me, starts chewing whatever he can get his mouth on and rings his bell constantly (we trained him to ring the bell when he has to pee but uses it for other communication purposes). What a control freak! Here are a few examples:
- Since Hampton joined our family a year ago he has not let me sleep in past 7am. By the
way I am not a morning person.
- He must must must have his breakfast at 6am and dinner at 6pm.
- He must go for his walks at the same time each day and after his walks he picks up one of
his favourite toys and runs up and down the hall way with it non-stop for 5 to 10 minutes.
- After dinner he must have quality time with mummy on the couch (which 50% of the time
includes mummy holding one end of a chew toy while he chews the other end).
- Just recently I discovered he has a favourite blanket which he must nap with. He refuses to
cuddle and nap with any other. Btw his naps are very important especially when I am
working from home so I can have some peace.
Again, what a control freak! But a very cute one so I can't help but enable his behavior. LOL! As I write this he is ringing his 'bell' alerting me to the fact that its almost 6pm - dinner time. He's so silly!!

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Thu, Jun 4 2009 11:20
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Its been a while but finally ready to post again. We've been kind of offline the last few months after Starbuck passed. It was 6 months yesterday since he left us and I'm still missing him lots. However, what I haven't blogged about is the newest addition to puppyjones (our family)....Hampton Monroe! Hampton was born 6 months ago today. Yes, the day after Starbuck's passing...so he holds a very special place in our hearts. He's been keeping us busy...very busy. It had been so long since we had a puppy in our home we forgot about how hard it is to potty train and how much attention he needs. Thank god we have ZuZu to babysit from time to time. ZuZu has adjusted really well. She was of course needing some time to heal from Starbuck's passing (she had nightmares and anxiety). But Hampton has warmed up to her and she is back to her happy self. Can you believe she turns 8 this month!!
Anyway, just wanted to give an update as I haven't blogged in so long. Here are some pics!
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Its been a while but finally ready to post again. We've been kind of offline the last few months after Starbuck passed. It was 6 months yesterday since he left us and I'm still missing him lots. However, what I haven't blogged about is the newest addition to puppyjones (our family)....Hampton Monroe! Hampton was born 6 months ago today. Yes, the day after Starbuck's passing...so he holds a very special place in our hearts. He's been keeping us busy...very busy. It had been so long since we had a puppy in our home we forgot about how hard it is to potty train and how much attention he needs. Thank god we have ZuZu to babysit from time to time. ZuZu has adjusted really well. She was of course needing some time to heal from Starbuck's passing (she had nightmares and anxiety). But Hampton has warmed up to her and she is back to her happy self. Can you believe she turns 8 this month!!
Anyway, just wanted to give an update as I haven't blogged in so long. Here are some pics!
Hampton Monroe - his first week here
ZuZu's watchful eyes during Hampton's first week home
Hampton Monroe at 5 months - a special trick i taught him
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Mon, Oct 20 2008 06:30
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