Update

Wow I haven't written in a while!

Mom's been busy finishing up skoolwork so I haven't had much in the way of training classes. I've been playing more with Dad! He gets me all excited on the bed or on the couch. I love to play tug tug with him.

Mom did just start me in agility classes a few weeks ago. I'm really having fun with that. I get to jump over stuff, run through tunnels and run up and down big planks. Sometimes I'm sneaky and I get loose from her grip and start running around. Other people catch me though.

Mom had a party last Friday and Dad gave her this big floaty thing that hangs in the air. It looks really weird! I don't like it at all and I growl and bark at it. It hasn't made any noises but it hangs in the air above the coffee table watching me. I see it move sometimes and I know it wants to get me. I'm faster than it is though I think.

Mom made me wear this silly hat for Christmas pictures and put me on her Christmas card. I'm getting sent to people as far away as Canada! I hope everyone thinks I'm really cute.

Canine Good Citizen

The past four weeks Mom has been taking me to dog school and making me do really silly stuff like let strangers pet me and rub my feet, walk towards other people and dogs and not jump on them and I have to walk with my leash really loose too.

The best part that I like is when Mom makes me stay and then she calls me and I run towards her at full speed. I love doing that.

The evaluator is really nice. I tried jumping on her a few times but Mom made me calm down and sit nicely so she could pet me and feel my feet. I had to hold in my excitement - I didn't want to! I wanted to lick her face!

The rest of it was pretty boring. I barked a few times in between exercises but Mom gave me a bully stick when I was quiet so I chewed on that some. Then she had to go into another room while Jackie held onto me. I wanted to play! Dad was in the room too holding two other doggies.

Mom got the paperwork and said I passed! She was really happy. I was happy to get the bully stick all to myself. Now I get some funny letters after my name. Humans are silly.

I got new Paw Mail for the first time in a while :) Soffie, CGC mailed me and asked me to do this game thingie.

Here are the rules of the game!
Each player starts with seven random facts about themselves. Dogs who are tagged, need to post in their diary the rules & their 7 pawsome facts. Then choose 7 dogs to tag and list their names. Don’t forget to bark them a pmail that they have been tagged and to read your Diary.

Here are some cool things know about me.....

#7 - I have one dark patch of hair on my shoulders that Mom likes to play with. Dad makes fun of it too.

#6 - I will do anything for peanut butter. Or cheese. Or whatever it is you have in your hand right now.

#5 - I'm a panty thief.

#4 - Secretly I wish I was a darker color. Mom knows this because when I go to the park I get soaked in the water trough and go roll around in the dirt to turn black. I guess it temporarily turns me into a tri-color because only my back and feet get really dirty.

#3 - KITTIES! Where are kitties? I must find and have them.

#2 - All squeaky toys must die.

and #1.........

Tugging is my favorite thing in the world. Dad makes me do the "Bernie Bounce" where I bounce my whole body trying to tug the toy away.

Here is who I've tagged.... I hope you'll visit their pages too!!!

Misha
Tinkerbell
Morgan Le Fey
(Uncle) Hoover
Gypsy
Kismet
Cayenne Kysthadiah Dewfiss

Comfy

My humans sleep on this high cushy place at night. They bought me stairs to get to it because before they'd have to pick me up and put me down when I wanted on it. I used to play and they would try to get me to be quiet on there and lay down. I thought it was a fun place to pull my toys up there and chew on them. I would also attack one of them if one was laying very still in it by jumping on top of them.

A few times they've left my crate open and let me roam around the bedroom. I always would try to get them to play with me or bark at the cats on the otherside of the bedroom door (nahhh nahhh ne nahhh nahh!) since they get locked out at night. Mom would get out of bed and put me in my crate with all my toys and cover the door up.

Last night she let me run free again, I laid down on the bed and both Mom and Dad pet me. I snuggled down at their feet and went to sleep. It was so nice, I had comfy covers and feet to lick all right beside me. Then in the morning Dad got up and took me to go potty. He said I looked funny with my feet under Moms covers and my head sticking out.

I hope I get to sleep up there more often.

Wave

Mom has been teaching me to "wave" this last week. The instructor lady from class said to do it so mom sticks me on the couch and uses the fun clicker. I caught on really quickly.

I get super excited and wave with both paws and then try to jump on the nearest person. Mom giggles when I wave one paw and then the other right after. Anything for treats Mom!

Tricks for me!

Mom took me to a new class at canine school today. I heard the instructor lady say something about learning tricks and about doggie actors. There are 8 or 9 other doggies in my class! I wanted to say hi to all of them but mom wouldn't let me. This big dog named Roscoe had to come say hi because he gets anxious if he isn't allowed to smell other doggies. He scared me running up to me but the owner and the instructor said he's still in training and working on becoming a service dog. I barked throughout the class and taught mom to continue to give me treats if I got up and down from a "down" position! The instructor had to tell mom what I was doing.... so then my trick didn't work anymore.

Mom put a party hat on me and gave me treats while I wore it. It was too big to go on my head so I wore it on my back. It slipped around and I tried to eat it but she took it away.

At the end of class Mom got a piece of cake because we were celebrating something. Then this little girl came and petted me and said the way I stick my back legs out is really cute. She has a border collie and I liked him. We barked at eachother throughout class. The teacher said he was flirting with me :)

I can't wait until next week!

Ouchie!

Yesterday mom took me on the Neuter Scooter and sent me off with a couple of strange ladies and some other dogs. I had to take a nap while they "spayed" me. I'm sore now! I got shaved on my belly and they put a tattoo on me and cut me open.

Mom is making me wear a plastic cone around my head... I hate it. She says its so I don't keep licking myself - but I itch! I'm supposed to lick myself mom! I look so sad with the cone on, I hope I look sad enough she'll feel sorry for me and take it off soon.

I heard mom say I can't run, jump or play for a week. I don't even get to go to puppy school! I hope they reward me big time after this.

Bag Lady :)

Mom has been bring home all sorts of little bags and packages this last week. She left a little bag on the floor for me! I grabbed it while she was in the kitchen and started running around with it. She tried to take it back for some reason but I didn't let her. Then dad came from upstairs and saw me - my paw was caught in the handle and I started hopping around! He laughed at me :(

Mom baked cookies yesterday too but I didn't get any. She did give me some good lamb and rice treats for doing clicker training.

Mom says we're going to her in-laws house today. We went there for Thanksgiving, I had lots of fun. She said there will be more people there today which is great!

Kitty Pals

I live with two orange tabby cats. One of the cats seems to be around me more often, I'll see him on the bed, in the kitchen, in the hallway, or on the stairs. He looks at me a lot and sometimes he'll meow or hiss at me.

Last night I was playing in the living room and Claude (the cat I see most often) jumped over the babygate into the room. He wanted to play with me! He rubbed his face on my toybox and I tried to get him to play a sheep for me to herd. He sat there rubbing his face on the box and meowing at me. I got close to him a few times wagging my "tail" and doing a playbow. He batted me in the face with his paw when I got too close, I guess he didn't want to play sheep.

After a few minutes he jumped back over the babygate and ran away. I wish I could jump that high.

Ouchies!

Mom and Dad took me to a place called "The Vet" on Sunday. I was really enjoying myself until this tall man with a white coat and glasses poked me with a sharp thing in the shoulder. Dad held me and it was over soon after that but my shoulder was really sore for a couple days after that! The man in the white coat had never heard of the food my Mom picked out for me to eat. I like it though.

I weigh 10 pounds now! The vet said I'm probably going to be bigger than the 25lbs my Mom thinks I'm going to be. Mom said she wants to keep me on the leaner side though so I guess that means less treats sometimes :(

Mom says I was supposed to start puppy class Monday night but they postponed it a week. I guess I get to meet other puppies at this class! More importantly I get to meet new people! My Dad joked and said that if someone took me I probably wouldn't miss my parents because I love everyone I meet.

Mom lets me up on the bed sometimes to see the kitties and to play in the covers. She hides me in there sometimes and I have to find my way out. The cats don't always like me being up there but I just want to play with them. Mom puts me in my crate with my new stuffed Doxie toy when I get too rowdy and need to calm down.

Tomorrow I get to meet my grandpawents! We're driving up to see them and eat good food. I wonder if I can get my grandpaw to sneak me yummy things under the table.