Well, with puppies things change
Now we have made the decision to snip and it all centers around his bad leg. He doesn't use his leg with the sore knee the way he uses his other side, so his leg is not as muscular and because he tends to be stronger on the left than the right, he stands curved so that his opposite front leg is getting over muscled. No show dog here!
I'm a little disappointed. He's the closest I've ever gotten to showing a dog, but otherwise we love him/adore him/find him tremendously entertaining. We're even going to give him a shot back at agility to see if he can manage--the vet suggested going ahead.
His snip surgery will be later this week, I think. We're not really in a hurry since it's not done early, we have time. He's ten months old now and he and Dennis have continued the pissing contest but we are handling that with belly bands. Chips has gotten his off--once after he peed and once before. Dennis has kept his on. It's been okay. We're managing with it.
We took everybody to Arizona and there are new photos but they aren't up yet. Chips was very intrigued by a badger hole and that was pretty cute.
Curt walks all three dogs every morning, but before they go he sends Chips in to wake me up. I love it!! I sometimes am just dozing and I hear Chips' little feet running across the living room and then he jumps up on the bed and comes and kisses my face. I wake up with a smile every morning--but one of those closed mouth smiles because otherwise he sticks his tongue in my mouth, LOL.
One thing we noticed is that the walks tire out the Bigs for the rest of the day, but Chips rebounds after a few hours and I have to retire him out. Yesterday we played ball and he had fun. I put him out in the front with his harness and 15 foot drag lead so I can catch up with him if he tries to leave the yard. But he's more interested in the ball than in escaping. Fortunately it's finally cool enough to be able to do this. A few days this summer I hated even letting them out in the afternoon to potty 'cause it was so hot.
By next week I hope to be able to take them all to the park during the day and let them all play ball and get in a good run. Depends on the weather, though. In October we're going back to Arizona for another few days to enjoy the cold and set up the dog pen and do some more work on making the camp more attractive.
I'm a little disappointed. He's the closest I've ever gotten to showing a dog, but otherwise we love him/adore him/find him tremendously entertaining. We're even going to give him a shot back at agility to see if he can manage--the vet suggested going ahead.
His snip surgery will be later this week, I think. We're not really in a hurry since it's not done early, we have time. He's ten months old now and he and Dennis have continued the pissing contest but we are handling that with belly bands. Chips has gotten his off--once after he peed and once before. Dennis has kept his on. It's been okay. We're managing with it.
We took everybody to Arizona and there are new photos but they aren't up yet. Chips was very intrigued by a badger hole and that was pretty cute.
Curt walks all three dogs every morning, but before they go he sends Chips in to wake me up. I love it!! I sometimes am just dozing and I hear Chips' little feet running across the living room and then he jumps up on the bed and comes and kisses my face. I wake up with a smile every morning--but one of those closed mouth smiles because otherwise he sticks his tongue in my mouth, LOL.
One thing we noticed is that the walks tire out the Bigs for the rest of the day, but Chips rebounds after a few hours and I have to retire him out. Yesterday we played ball and he had fun. I put him out in the front with his harness and 15 foot drag lead so I can catch up with him if he tries to leave the yard. But he's more interested in the ball than in escaping. Fortunately it's finally cool enough to be able to do this. A few days this summer I hated even letting them out in the afternoon to potty 'cause it was so hot.
By next week I hope to be able to take them all to the park during the day and let them all play ball and get in a good run. Depends on the weather, though. In October we're going back to Arizona for another few days to enjoy the cold and set up the dog pen and do some more work on making the camp more attractive.