Rio
20 Weeks
20 weeks?! How did that happen? Rio continues to be fun and chirpy and naughty and noisy. She’s about 16-17″ tall and 13.30kg. Her puppy fluff is slowly mutating into sleek adult fur, which basically means she has a darker…
Priorities
Been reading lots of interesting blog posts about all the focussed training people are doing with their puppies. I haven’t been, but I’m actually happy with that. I’ve been much more interested in getting Rio to explore the world and…
17 Weeks
Nearly 18 weeks, really. Not so many tricks these past 2 weeks, mostly house manners and walk manners and visiting manners. I finally knuckled down and started working properly on REA, I’ve been a bit wary as I haven’t shaped…
More Day Trips
It’s another edition of My Puppy Is Amazing … although I’m not sure I can take credit, she’s just really awesome all on her own. We had a wander around the village yesterday for the first time in a couple…
Winter Winds
Rio 16 Weeks
Where is my puppy going? She’s 17 weeks next Monday and she’s huge, and looks all grown up, and can run off lead around the woods and not harass Kim and recall when she’s told and do waits. What’s happening?!…
Gap Farm December
Rio’s first visit to a flyball competition! That is the most important thing that happened all day, of course. Dylan ran very well, not as well as he could have done simply because he was running with unfamiliar dogs, and…
Puppy in Box
Busy Days
Having a quiet day today. Rio had a very busy day yesterday, lots of socialisation boxes ticked. We drove over to Langsett Barn to see lovely Buzz, her fellow Aussie and still a big puppy at 8 months. They got…
Photopost
(Mollie loves her really. Maybe only when she’s asleep.) Vaguely continuing from my previous post, I love this: Getting ANY puppy, from ANY brilliant line, after a TON of research, after EVERY aptitude and health test in the book, is…