Sounds like things are going pretty well for everyone, with a good Christmas, which is great. Aside from our concern on Christmas eve that vomitting VacationPup was really unwell (he was sleepy and of course the internet suggested Parvio as an option), which disrupted our family traditions and upset the children (more about the traditions because they were convinced vacationpup was fine...which he was), Christmas was good. I do think that VacationPup helped with positive disruption to what would have been quite different without him.
@PugInTheHouse how was PugPup's first walk? VacationPup had is first jabs today. 8 1/2 kilos at 9 weeks - he is a bit boy. But the vet told us that in three weeks he can go out for a walk, but we need to avoid dogs for a week after that because he won't have had his third jab. I didn't realise he would need to have three. I'm really keen to hear how the walking went :)
@Puppypuppypuppy I loved your good/bad/ugly and am going to borrow that :)
For us, the good is:
No wee accidents in the house for a few days (and when they had happened it was because we weren't paying attention), and he scratches at the door if he needs to do a poo, so we have had none of those indoors at all!
He isn't too nippy (yet?); a bit of biting but we are swapping the human body part with a toy quite quickly. Although I did laugh a lot when he bit DH's bum the other night.
He will sit and come really well inside, although not so good outside (when he is digging a hole, or jumping around in my flower beds). He is also managing a little bit of 'wait'.
The bad:
We are still sleeping in with him, and although he will sleep in his crate, and is going back to bed quite easily (or at least he did last night and three nights ago - he was terrified of the storm so that was not a great night, and something gave him a huge fright in his cage the night before - again, no idea what it was but he did a puppy scream, had a small terror accident, and wouldn't go in again...my husband suggested it might have been a spider), he is still waking up 3 times, so we are tired. He has not really had accidents at night, but he doesn't have puppy pads so needs to be let out.
His kibble is, as far VacationPup is concerned, no fair replacement for a tissue, and he will play a fun game of chase if we try to remove it form his jaws.
The ugly:
The cats are not doing very well with him. One will sniff him if he is still or sleeping, but then will change his mind and bat him (claw out) and hiss. The other just hisses if he is within 2 feet of him. Herbie is a bit scared of them now, although for the one who is less unfriendly, he still wags his tail so enthusiastically because he really does want to be friends.