Just two more weeks to go...

We went to visit Sadie today. It was her first time on the grass, and she didn't know what to do with it. So she tried eating it, and lying on it, and then decided that it was most fun to run on it. So run she did... straight to the puppies in the puppy yard (older than she). She didn't know there were other puppies besides her own litter, which is in the "nursery."

Right now her eyes are blue, but when she is an adult, they will be amber. I love the puppy stage, but I can't wait for her to be all grown up! She is going to be beautiful!

Last night I dreamed that we had gone out to see Sadie and that they brought the wrong puppy out to me. I kept insisting that it was the wrong puppy and they kept insisting that it wasn't. And then the ranch was infested with fire ants and we had to run to get away from them. Dreams. Strange things.

Sadie is smaller than her sister, who was the smaller of the two when we saw them last week. That's a good thing. I want a small dog. Her little brother is tiny tiny... so little you'd think he was a good two weeks younger. He's more sedate than my puppy, although how sedate can a puppy be? She plays with her sister more than her brother, though.

That's all for now. Random thoughts. My ADD is working overtime these days, and it's really hard to follow a train of thought.

Until next time...

How long does it take an intelligent dog to catch on?

Mac is an intelligent dog. I mean, intelligent. But he's as independent as a cat. (He also grooms himself like a cat!) Anyway, I can only persuade him to do anything by offering him a treat. Otherwise, he can't believe you'd ask him to do something. He's completely mercenary. The person with the treat in their hands is the one he works for. No loyalty!

Well, I'm trying to teach him "touch" with a clicker stick and some high-value treats. And he will touch the end of the stick without fail wherever I happen to hold it. So I've given him a target, and he'll touch the target if the clicker stick is there, but doesn't seem to get it when the stick is removed. Maybe I just haven't given him enough time with the exercise. I know he's intelligent, so the question is, am I?

On Monday (Labor Day) we are going to visit my puppy. She's been moved from the house to the nursery, where she is learning to use a doggy door. This is the stinkiest place on the ranch, because the puppies don't understand the doggie doors at first, and so are relieving themselves on the floor. Of course, the "floor" in this case is a concrete slab that has four runs on it. While we're out there, we'll take some pictures to show you. I'll upload them Monday night.

I'm glad we're going, because I need a  puppy fix!

Mac (right) and Tosh in their winter "pajamas."