Week 3 - at 14 weeks old now Summer is growing fast. She weighs 11kg which is on the big side for her age! Everyone who meets her says she will be big as she has big paws. I found a website called www.labradorforums.co.uk where you can look at questions other people have asked and ask your own which might be useful. As you can see from the picture Summer thinks the horse next door is her new playmate. She wasn't so happy to meet cows though. I've been more relaxed this week and less frustrated. It takes time to get used to the new way of life. No more lie ins at the weekend or days out for a while. I now have to put the washing on a chair when pegging it out otherwise she runs off with the pegs. Also she loves to lick anything in the dishwasher which Ryan age 8 couldn't see a problem with until I pointed out she would lick the clean things too. The book we have been reading said to use a house line if she keeps running off with things so thought I would use some old washing line as suggested. Summer chewed through it in about a minute so haven't pursued that idea yet. She hates going out in the rain to do a wee and usually sits firmly on the doorstep while I am getting wet in the garden. Still, she is doing well on the housetraining and often lasts all night. I just need to take her out regularly during the day. We have finally found some puppy training classes which we can start on Saturday. The trainer came to see us yesterday so we could catch up on what we have missed. Lots of useful tips which are much better done in person than from a book. She also helped with the car phobia by using a harness so I was able to take Summer out for a short ride today.