So, I have a new dog! (See above! Isn't he gorgeous?) Two years of waiting and working and he's finally here. What a mistake! Just kidding. Although, this dog is more textbook puppy than any puppy I have ever had and more so. Shrieking, chewing, peeing, pooping and having to teach him to do all that in the right places... I wish I could say I didn't know, but knew better. That's what I signed up for when I got a puppy... an aussie puppy. Thank goodness they made him so darn cute. The more trouble they are, the sweeter their faces! Let's be honest, he's been kind of easy. I was just at the vet and he was just hanging out at my feet (... well... and trying to eat the cords and the carpet). So, let's just say he's easy for a wicked smart dog. He is so amazingly smart. People always say that about their shepherds, but, unless you've tried to teach one something, you have no idea. You look into their eyes and you can see their mind working it out. Plus, they try a much wider variety of options and they get a concept with far fewer repetitions. Oh? Sit? I've got that. Fetch! I love this! Except the whole... you taking it from me... we'll have to innovate on that rule... Oh! I can bite your shoe and it'll take you a while to notice, but if I bite your skin that you will scream bloody murder at me! Ow my hands.

I think, if anything, it has harden my resolve to actually do all the things that I signed up to do with him. I'll be darned if I have to deal with all the biting and the chewing and the wailing and, at the end of the day, not have a chance to train him and have fun with him! That's what really makes this whole "high energy" business worth it. So, basics first, and then, when he's old enough, we're going to be in every sport know to dogdom: flyball, frisbee, agility, heck, maybe even dock diving, competitive obedience, herding. (I want to try herding AT LEAST once). And that's not even counting the mountains we'll climb and the places we will bike. It's going to be pretty awesome! You'll never see a fitter me, that's for sure.

What about you? Do you have a dog? Have you had dogs? Were they pistols like my new one? What kinds of shenanigans did they get into?

doggy!
» middaymoon on 2014-08-04 06:25:57

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