Gummy chops

Grey's lost most of his baby teeth now. He's ever so gummy, bless him. No idea where they've all gone to, perhaps he's eaten them! Now we need to monitor how the adult teeth come through and see if any further action needs to be taken.

We went to puppy class last night and we got a 'well done!' card and I got a chocolate. Grey got an extra bit of sausage. He did the down stay while I lay on the floor which was fun practicing this week in the park. He was much calmer in class in general and mostly sat or lay watching me rather than the other dogs. He managed to 'leave' of sausage on the floor for 15 secs and also a down stay of 20 secs in class too. So amazingly well done for a young pup.

I had been thinking of starting him with puppy gundog training, but might think again on it, as some friends have said they think he's too young for all that yet. They're right, there's a whole life of time for that kind of training and we can just carry on working on the basics and enjoying him being a pup.

He's also been much much better on the lead the last few days. I think having the back up of the gentle leader head collar has been brilliant. Just to get through those explosive 5 minutes where not even roast chicken can stop him from dragging me down the street. After he'd calmed down and got used to the idea of not being way up front, I took it off and just did the usual leash training on his flat collar. Not had to go back to the Gentle Leader in days.

End of a long day at the office

Busy day yesterday. Training in the park, visit to the shopping centre for the mission XXL dog bed, romp on the beach with Nel, zoom to puppy class, home to dinner and trying out the new duvet with Seal.

Crazy that things for humans are so much cheaper than things for pets. The duvet is from Tesco at £8. If that had been in a pet shop it would be well over £20. Now just to get the actual bed. Probably better to get him his own 1 bed flat looking at the size of his paws.

Puppy class was funny. I was a baaaaaad handler. Grey very distracted about the other dogs. Not in a barky way, but in a 'what? you want me to walk up and down here? There are dogs over there! Are you mad?' He did manage a lovely sit and wait while crowded round with other dogs. There was only one humping incident.