Table of Contents
Part 0 Gestation
Part 1 A Pup is Born
Week 0 Dear God, that's a lot of puppies 11
Week 1 Sweet potatoes 21
Week 2 Young blue eyes 33
Week 3 The week of poop 45
Week 4 Professional wag 55
Week 5 Mouths with tails 65
Week 6 Little bruisers 75
Week 7 Adventure pups 83
Week 8 Your choice of models 93
Week 9 Calm before the storm 103
Part 2 Second Birth
Arrival of the storm Nicknames Used with the Puppy in her First Week with Us 109
(Im)perfect puppy Some Things the Puppy has Eaten/Chewed that are Not for Eating/Chewing: An Observational Study 121
Ghosts Fifty Things You Should Notice about Your Puppy 139
Puppy's point of view 153
In and up Height Puppy Can Jump: An Alarming Growth Curve 163
The troubles 175
To sleep, perchance 189
Part 3 Quid Years
Longing 199
Gale force ten 211
Seeing us Beliefs and Knowledge of an Eight-Month-Old Puppy 223
The thing about sleds Ear Semaphore Code 233
Face-first 245
Lick, memory 253
Postscript 263
Acknowledgments 265
Notes 267
Index 289