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Sad, sad attempt at the picture of the day.  Finn was not having it. Instead of sitting he wanted to do paw and army crawl to me! 

We had a relaxing rainy weekend together.

We took some selfies.

We are still working on being in the crate while I am home.  He doesn't like not being able to play 24/7.

We were being sweet and cuddly for a rainy movie marathon day.

Finn was not a huge fan of LOTR so he just fell asleep.

We had a puppy play date with his best friend Boh [a lab mix the same age]  They love playing together! 

We tried to completely take over Mom's bed as she was doing lesson plans for the week. 

Happy Monday friends! 

Love,

A & Finn 

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Little Finn is just as excited for the weekend as I am.

We are hoping a play date and maybe a trip to the doggy bar will be in our future.  

Then of course puppy class on Sunday morning!

Happy Friday!

Love,

A & Finn

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What a handsome little man.

I can't get over how since I have started this Finn looks so different every single day.

He looks so grown up here. My big almost 3 month old pup! 

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Uh Oh are we a little camera shy for our picture of the day Finn?

Nope didn't think so.  He loves practicing sit.  

My favorite part of doing commands and taking the pictures at the same time are whenever he sits he does paw automatically.  One of these days I'll capture the cuteness. 

We are working hard on not biting humans when playing.  He loves to play.  He loves biting my maxi skirts and pants to let me know he wants to play.

I have read countless articles from Dog Whisperer to google forums. What seems to work best for him is the walk away method. 

He bites I scream NO BITE and then walk away and ignore him for thirty seconds. I literally count to 30 in my head to give myself time to not get upset that I have an alligator not a puppy. Then we go back and play.  He seems to get it for a while. Especially since he always wants to be next to me.  I need to be more consistent though and I know it will improve. 

Here is a little Wednesday animal humor for all of you :) 

Love,

A & Finn 

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I wish it was summer time again.  We both are getting used to the new routine with me working. It is pretty hard adjusting.  I am exhausted and he wants to play and is all wound up! 

I mean who can resist playing with that face and those toys?!

But all in all it is going well.  He sleeps through the night and I have to wake him up in the mornings when I get up.  [There is something wrong with that picture]  Potty training is good.  He had a few slip ups this week [new adjustment] and I have now only given him one spot to go potty on versus my whole apartment complex.  It seems to work because now we go outside and get our business done whereas we used to sniff and sniff until we found the perfect spot.  

He is even doing better in the crate while I am home.  Still some whining but I am not caving and it gets less and less each time.  I am starting to learn his signals for when he needs a break and then we work on going to the crate instead of behind the couch! ha 

He makes me want to leave work and that is so good because I used to stay forever and still not feel like I got anything done. Now I am productive and I get to go home to my sweet little man.

Here is a little blooper shot of the photo of the day. This says let me jump and attack that flash! 

Happy Tuesday

Love,

A & Finn

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Finn really looks like a boxer in his face here. 

We went to puppy orientation this morning.  [Very informative]  

They give a lot of good information about crate training, potty training, teething, advice, they answered a lot of questions I had.  I signed up to come back for the actually puppy training classes.  I am so excited for him to learn manners!

Today at the class he thought he was Mr. Popular.  Just like his momma he was saying hi to everyone.  Little social butterfly. He doesn't quite get that some dogs/ people don't actually want to play and then he whines and tries to run to them.  He was the only dog they made stay on a leash. Making me look bad in class! 

There was so much going on in petsmart this morning he was all over the place.

The ladies were very helpful though and I am excited to try some of the things they helped me understand this week. 

Have a relaxing Sunday!

Love, 

A & Finn 

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What a handsome little man.

We have survived week 1 one crate training while I am at work.  He did so well.

Such a smart pup.  

So friendly too. He wants to play with every dog and human we see and will whine if they don't want to play with him.  

He keeps me laughing with his little quirks, like running up a hill to roll down it.  Ever do that as a kid? He loves it.  There are these tall grass bushes near my building and he will pounce in them and then crawl around like a lion, the only thing you can see is his little tail wagging in the air. Hilarious.  I need to get a video one of these days and post it!

He is doing really well.  I just have never had a dog before so I really don't know how to get him to stop biting and to walk on the leash. 

I live near a highway and a pretty busy road.  He gets scared and won't budge once we start hearing the highway.  Then along the main road sidewalk he whines and whines and tries to run all the way home. I know he will get used to it because once we get to the greenway he does wonderful.  We do get to a point though where he will again refuse to walk any further and turns around to sprint home.  It's so weird! 

I love coming home to him though.  It really makes my day so much better.  I know if I have a bad day he will just make it all okay again. :) 

We have our puppy orientation class at petsmart and I am so excited for the good tips that we will learn!

Have a wonderful weekend puppy friends.

Love,

 A and Finn <3