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The need for speed

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Donna Black-Sword
Micron looks like he’s working some complex problem in his head, finally gonna solve that pesky world economy thing. Those deep, soulful eyes; the wrinkled brow. What’s really going through his fuzzy noggin?
Gotta run why do I have to sit here why won’t she let me run there’s snow and I gotta run. Pretty much stuff like that.
Fair enough; it can’t be all work and no running in the snow. Let’s take the cape off and give the release command.  And let ‘er rip through the backyard.
I call this next shot: G-force. Feeling the need for speed, Micron has the wind whipping through his hair and is running so fast his lips are pulled back from the sheer force of it all.  If it were warmer out, he’d have a moth or something stuck in his teeth.

For a fun comparison, here’s the blog post on his first snow day ever in December 2009: Snow Day

Reminds me of why it’s a bad idea to smile when on a motorcycle

Now this guy understands the difference between work and play. Yeah, most of the time.

So we’re walking along the sidewalk to our favorite lunchtime diner, Micron at my side in perfect heel position. La la la, I think, just walking along. Maybe I’ll get the ham and cheese omelette today, when Micron dives front end into the snow. With his butt in the air and his plume tail as a flag, he’s playing like he’s a Bob the Builder Snow Plow. Just chugging right through the snow with his snout and actually leaving a wake behind him. 

While I’m mortified and wrestling him back to heel, my lunch partners are laughing at it all. Yeah sure, it was about the funniest thing I’ve seen him do.  And a puppy raiser lesson learned. Don’t forget to keep your  attention on the dog. You can think about omelettes later.

And anyway, I got the cheeseburger special.



You know what, Food Lady?
I don’t think Bob the Builder even has snow plows.



All American Mutts can love the snow, too.
Now there’s a snow plow nose.

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A fine taste in shoes

Posted on January 16, 2010 by Donna Black-Sword

And so it begins . . . puppy teething. Micron will be four months on January 23rd and right on schedule for starting on the adult teeth. We all thought it was oh-so-cute when he lost his top two front teeth and then we noticed his new attraction to leather shoes. Well, all shoes really, but leather is always a puppy’s favorite it seems. Ok, so shoes and table legs and door frames and well, you know, anything that will fit inside that adorable puppy maw is at grave risk of dental imprinting. We are now on Puppy Alert Level of Yellow-Elevated. And he is answering to the sing-song call ringing throughout the house of Micron-Whatcha-Chewin’-On?

That’s him in the pic at the top carrying both of Derek’s size 12’s around the living room. His snout is completely inside. One of the cardinal rules of dog training is that you can’t laugh when giving a correction. Not a problem here; he couldn’t see a thing.

On a bit more positive note, we’ve turned a corner in his obedience training. Things are starting to click in that cute little blonde head of his. Micron’s maturing out of his little furball stage into a young pup. A couple of weeks ago I was getting a blank stare for “shake.” Today, it’s a solid paw slap into my palm. Good stuff. We’ve introduced the CCI commands of Sit, Down, Wait, Release, Shake, Heel, Kennel, Let’s Go, Car, and the ever important command of Hurry for toileting on command.
So with that training arsenal in place, we began puppy classes at Dayton Dog Training this week. I strolled in there fully confident that I had a star pupil on the end of that leash. And was immediately and completely humbled. Inside that intelligent puppy brain is, of course, a puppy. His thought process for the next 60 minutes included things like, hey-hey-hi-i’m-a-puppy-are-you-a-puppy-too-wanna-rassle and hey-hey-what’s-that-smell-yow-gotta-pee-hey-there’s-another-puppy. Right. I’m taking some better treats next week.
For a closing, I’m including a couple of frosty nose pics from that last big snow we had.

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