Well our first day with Monty seems to have gone quite well. Fortunately it's been a lovely day so he's spent a lot of it pottering in and out of the garden which is pretty fortunate because he has absolutely no bladder control and doesn't even seem to realise when he needs a wee. Saying that though, only three accidents in the house and all poos (so far) outdoors.
He's a really sweet little chap, very chilled, I think he's going to look like a chow chow but have the temperament of a lab. He and the kitten have got on famously, they spent all morning chasing each other round the garden. He then had a nice snooze after lunch and then spent this afternoon playing dens underneath the trampoline with DS2, which basically meant him lounging around and trying to catch crickets.
All we've done with regard to training is call his name a lot so that he gets used to it and us. He automatically sits when he comes to us so you find yourself saying sit and he's beaten you to it, and we use sit and wait at his meal times but that is a habit I got from our old dog.
I think he came with fleas though, so I've had to Frontline him which I was concerned about - he's about the same size as the cat but weights twice as much, so I gave him the same dose that I would give her and hopefully that's killed them.
We're just settling down to a quiet evening and hopefully he'll go to bed with no fuss tonight.
We're so happy with our little boy, we can't wait for his vaccinations as we've got long walks long the canal and in the woods planned.