photo share!

Here are two of my newest favorites- dad and i napping, and me posing for mum! Have a good weekend!!

socialization?

Here is a photo-share taken at my school-- all of the distractions are clearly visible. Although mum and dad don't get it, you can see why I have such a hard time paying attention!

I guess you could say that my education is coming along well. Mum and dad, however, are doubting my ablilities to pay attention during class, and stop showing my dominance toward the other pups. I have to say, I'm a little embarrassed by the photo below; I just realized after it was taken (with a small reprimand from a trainer) that humping is very impolite. After a sanctioned "time-out", I was much more civilized.

I am getting better about car rides... as you can see, I simply have to sit down on the backseat, concentrate on not having what mum and dad refer to as "nervous yawns", and look cute. I can't wait until next week's class-- more yummy treats and friends to visit!

wilderness dog.

although this is late in coming, as mum and dad have been quite busy, i thought i would share my adventures in the outdoors! the day before dad's first scheduled mtn. bike race, they took me to a nearby park to test my abilities in water. dad wanted to see if by holding me above the water i would respond with a doggie paddle reflex. i didn't. i did, however, take a few steps in-- cold and unappealing, really. i enjoyed hiking much more, and did a nice job of staying on the trail until we came upon geese and their hatchlings. you can barely make them out in the background... i got really scared by the sounds those parents were making-- HONK!

After romping for a while, i was exhausted and we went home. Mum noticed that i was walking funny, and inspected my paws to find thorns and sticky stuff in my fur. Dad held me while mum used scissors to clip out the owies. I fell asleep during the whole process. Hey, I was beat!

i am a lucky dog.

saturday was a good day for me. i met some dogs! benny the giant yellow lab and ice the cool doberman. i was scared at first but i caught on after a while...

benny taught me the important dog things like smelling butts, chasing tennis balls, and eating bones...

by the end of it all, i was taking the rawhides right out of his mouth. make me a sammy benny!

but that wasn't the only cool thing. i got to play with sydney! she was pretty rough with me but i decided that she was different than the other people there so i didn't even bite her...i just let her rough me up. mom kept saying how proud she was of me for telling the difference, but i just like syd and don't want her to be afraid of me!

by the end of the day, i was beat. i slept all night. here i am waiting for mom to come back with a um, how you say, burritos?

growing pains.

hi all! i've had another exciting weekend! this time, i've learned how to ascend stairs like a champ-- still have only gone down with significant coaxing (i.e. pushing) from mum, but i'm getting there nonetheless. besides dried-up worms, i learned this weekend that i really enjoy fresh, squirming ones too. they (a & r) think i'm disgusting. i'm also fascinated with several other inedibles: books, carpeting, wine bottle necks, bath rugs. i really am getting bigger and bigger, and i've probably already doubled in weight! to trick me, mum let me have a chunk of carrot as she was making soup last night-- i chased it around the kitchen, then livingroom by pawing at it and nipping. never ate the darn thing- yuk. it got me so excited that i had an accident on the livingroom carpet. speaking of which, i mixed up the concept of "traveling on stairs= trip to the bathroom", and after running up the stairs to the forlorn hallway of closed doors, thought that i was outside on two occasions. this prompted a baby gate purchase. probably didn't help that it poured all weekend, and i really hate rain (on my fur, paws, everywhere). that's all for now- more photo-share!

(carrot dance)

(stuck on top of stairs)

(cute- sporting a bandana)