Electric cabling is generally pretty cheap, unless it comes with the MacBook Air, price £66 for the new adapter and cable. You can't buy the connecting flex on its own. I pondered on this at some length as I watched the battery indicator on my Mac register its working life draining away. Yes, the adapter had to be replaced.
But there's no replacing our Jack Russell, Pip, who has quickly established herself as an integral part of the family. Chewed cable aside, she is fitting in well and hasn't become the little Napoleon we had feared might happen after reading the dog training books.
She's learning every day and, after four weeks in our company, I'm confident enough to say she's house trained. We've been puddle free for nearly a week now. The good weather has helped since the dogs spend much of their day in the garden. She's become used to her harness too and is learning to walk without dragging at the lead. It helps that the training is being shared between three of us trying to maintain some consistency in the pattern of commands and rewards.
I've noticed also a pattern to her naughtiness. It's usually concentrated in a 10 or 15 minute spell in the evening before she settles down for a nap. Just as a small child often reserves its worst behaviour for that cranky time before falling asleep, so it is with a puppy.
I think we've escaped too much damage by being around the dog most of the time. I can only think she co-ordinated her attack on the cable in a few minutes I must have spent making a cup of tea or something.
Pippa's next big test will be our summer fishing trip to the River Dee. I don't think she will be trained enough to wait on the river bank as I fish. Nor do I want her wading in to the river to try and land my fish. I'm sure we'll tackle those potential problems as they crop up. Then there's the West Highland Way in late September. Will her puppy legs be strong enough for a long walk by then? We'll see about that nearer the time. So far, so good.
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