Charlie at his training class.


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Where's the camera cord?

I have so many updates that I want to put in there about Charlie, but we haven't unpacked the camera cord yet. I'm hoping to get to that today.

So far Charlie is loving the new house, except for the fact that most of the time we have to keep him on a long leash. We are still unpacking and there is stuff EVERYWHERE. And trust me, he only needs a small window of opportunity to get into A LOT of trouble. He's been pretty barky lately... trying to communicate what he wants. We are doing our best to ignore him when we know he just wants attention, so he doesn't get positive reinforcement for his barking. Then when he stops we go give him some loving.

He started puppy training class last week. Pete took him out to our breeder's house. She runs the training course. Pete said he was an A+ student. Of course we had already taught him sit and stay, and he did pretty good. Though anytime that treats are involved, Charlie gives his full attention. He LOOOOVES cheese and thinks it's the best treat in the world!

We've been taking him for more and more walks. It helps us meet the neighbors too. Who wouldn't want to come meet us with a cute adorable puppy? Little Ronnie across the street told me that he would watch Charlie anytime we needed. He loves him! The neighbors have an older Golden, so he's very used to dogs, which is nice.

We have another training class tonight. There are 6 altogether and Charlie will learn more sitting, staying, heeling, how to walk well on a leash... etc... and hopefully we can curtail his barking a little bit. The best part of class is that we get to see him with some of his litter mates. There are 4 of them altogether in the class from his litter.

I promise, pictures soon!

Quick update

Charlie just got three whole days with Jada here at the house. He loved grabbing her face and holding on. He also met the golden across the street, Annie. He tried grabbing at her face but she had him pinned in about 5 seconds. He learned quickly.

Here's a picture from today. He stole one of Jada's rawhide bones and loves it.







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Updates coming

We have been settling into our new house this last week so updates will be rare until we get the den painted and the computer set up.

Charlie loves his big yard though! He's just not as happy being tied to the door inside as we are painting. Paint plus dog does not equal fun. Unless you're going for the furry wall look.


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Who is in charge?

Charlie turned 12 weeks old yesterday and he is already over 20 pounds. That's almost double in size since we got him. He is now officially a pain in the butt as well. He has decided that he does not want to eat when we put his food down. No, he only eats on his own time. We tried tricking him into eating by putting a treat in his food dish, but he just eats the treat out. Only after 30 minutes of play time will he think about going back to finish his meal. What a stinker! He also likes to go outside to sniff and eat the grass. He has discovered something very tasty right under one of our trees and he will make us take him out just so he can try to eat it. I tried to tell him "NO!" yesterday and he took a giant bite of my hand. I guess he's finally realized that he runs the place around here and he can get away with it because he's so cute.

Here's a picture from his visit to Troy yesterday.


















Charlie with his Nouna Andrea.

Charlie Blog Pictures

I never actually posted the link for Charlie's professional pictures. It's amazing how much he's changed since these pictures were taken. His legs have gotten so much longer and so has his body. He's super stretch dog now!

Anywhoo.... here's the link for the pictures.

http://www.mod4proofs.com/pickpic/gallery/splash.php?gallery_id=336

The password is: puppy

More pictures

Charlie's a bit of a pain today. He is very jumpy and bitey... trust me, those are words when it comes to referring to dogs. I was petting him earlier and he was doing great, and then he just lunged at my face and got my nose. It's not that he ever bites when he lunges, but he keeps his mouth open and inevitably his teeth find out skin... and that hurts. Especially yesterday morning when he nailed me right in the lip that I cut open playing softball on Thursday.

Anyway, here are some cute pictures of him which is why we forget about him being a pain in the butt sometimes and still love him.

This was taken last night. He was sleeping in his favorite spot and he just looked so cute!

I took this of Charlie under our dining room table because I know that he's not going to fit under there for too much longer.

Charlie got this ball in the mail from his Aunt Katie. He keeps hoping that she'll come visit and play fetch with him.

I enjoy Jim's face in this one. He was getting into it! Charlie loves playing tug!

Charlie couldn't understand why Pete kept going outside and not taking him. Or maybe he just wanted the steaks on the grill.

Charlie laying in his favorite spot again... also right near his food.