No Photo Day

This is a no photo day. Jeannie has tried her barking on for size. You are eating onion rings, I want some. I corrected her and she recovered fast this time. She knows when I say no, I mean no. Besides onions are bad for dogs.

Jeannie has figured out how to get up on the couch and how to get down. Oh my....  We turn around and she is up and haven't quite figured out how she managed it but I vow to catch her. She also climbs the back of the couch like a cat to lay on the top. I suspect that is how she gets up on the couch too.

There is no way she can jump up yet.

Jeannie's 3rd Shot

Jeannie went to the vets for her 3rd shot and weighs 4lbs 11 ounces. She did grow a pound in a month.

This is her sitting at the vets smiling her fool head off at this big mixed breed of a dog.

She got out of the car on a lead. She put on the brakes and said I am not going in THERE. The waiting room was full of very big dogs and a bull dog that was rather noisy. If she could talk I bet she said oh my gad - or worse words than that.

She sat up against Spice for safety of sorts.

Then she sauntered up to this big dog right up to his back end and smelled and went oh not bad. She relaxed. She looked around and wanted to play.

She checked out the resident Jack Russell that belongs to the vet. She checked out a huge and I mean huge labradoodle and many other mixed breeds and she relaxed. The key is she looked around, had to get the lay of the land and then relaxed. That's a good thing. She played recovery fast and used her brain to assess the safety of the situation.

She got her shot and just like last time not a peep. Came home, ate and now she is playing.

I call that a success!

Class 2

Check out a few of the photos taken in class.

Jeannie made noise halfway to class. She was hungry and not a happy camper but she finally settled in.

She still didn't play with Timmy or Cha Cha but she did much better in class and boy does she heel nicely.She actually prances. She is a look at me type of dog.

As usual Cha Cha and Timmy did fabulous.

Jeannie did not like playing tug. Funny as she loves it with other dogs. We shall see if its due to the size of the tug toy. She is  the smallest in class.

We have a number of things to practice but we always take the day after class off and tomorrow she has the vet so we shall see if Nathan gets in training before the vets.

With her next shot she will be able to start doing the scavenger list. She's at a disadvantage in this regard as everyone else can already and has done classes but we will play catch-up.

Tonight is the Night

I was just told that I have class tonight. Silly humans.

No bath for me.

That human washed Spice, Wasabi and Risa today so I get a break. Besides, I was washed LAST week.

Getting excited about class though that human Mom is ever so tired. She was thinking of not going and won't if her blogs don't get done so they will be short...

Jeannie Style Fun

Jeannie gets out there and plays with the big guys as if she thinks she is a big one herself. It's a riot to watch.

When training your little one look for opportunities. We had people coming over so Nathan put Jeannie on a lead and did some lead training while he waited.

It's important to take those opportunities and incorporate them into your day.

What's New

Not much new today. Jeannie continues to meet and greet every human that darkens this door and we have many. It's all good for her.

She also is continuing her socialization with many dogs. We may not be able to do handling classes with her this week coming up with the specialty etc but we will start after Nathan is back and then of course she has classes for obedience.

She continues to have a bold attitude but that is tempered elsewhere - but here.... well let's just say she will be in the thick of things and keeping up at the playdate tomorrow. You just watch.

Went to a Vet Visit

Jeannie had an uneventful trip to the vets. Realize our vet is far so and hour and 15 minutes there and the same back - no accidents and when she got home she went and went and went.

She had her shots without a peep. Everything is looking good. She even seemed to enjoy the car ride in this crate.

Last night Nathan also practiced training with her and for a first on the lead experience, she was great.

She really has amazing focus when it comes to Nathan and its nice. We have also found she loves the puffy part of the popcorn. We practice come and oh boy she got that for a treat - fast!

I bet she loves all treats. We will continue to try.

We have Zoe visiting and wow they are a riot together. As Zoe is a non Havanese with a different temperament and way to play, I was wondering how this would work with the Jeannie. I knew the others would figure it out with my help but there is a significant size difference between these two.

Well, sometimes Jeannie is in hot pursuit of Zoe and other times Zoe is chasing her but doing it in a way not to frighten but pretend she is really trying to catch her. It's as if she knows she is a baby and treats her accordingly but of course Jeannie thinks she is all grown up and plays to win. :-)

This is great for Jeannie and for Zoe.

It's also great for me to watch.