Caitey's vocabulary

Caitey is one smart little girl.

It has only been a month and she has learned to understand commands like "sit", "come", "home", "watch me", "leave it" and "take it". Being a puppy, sometimes she will turn a deaf ear to us and insists on going her way but not when she begs for food.

Her favorite spot is right under the stove in the kitchen because that is where the good smell comes from. She knows who to beg from and how to do it. For example, when I am making dinner, without me saying the "sit" word, she will automatically sit on her little cute butt, put her two front paws on the floor, raise her head and stare at me attentively in a "mommy I am good now can I have a little bite?" kind of look. That is when she has the greatest patience and pretends to be a puppy angle.

I think she now knows the word "food" or "eat" as well.

Today was Claire's "Back to School" night so Caitey needed to eat earlier than usual. Seeing she was not interested in her food in the afternoon, I talked half to myself and half to her "Caitey please eat your food, mommy has things to do later". To me greatest surprise, she walked to her bowl and ate some of kibble. I wasn't sure if it was a pure coincidence, so I repeated what I just said, again she ate a little. I know she did it reluctantly because she wasn't too hungry but I appreciated her trying for me very much.

I think pretty soon Caitey will know more English words than her mommy does!