“I Will Name Him George.”
March 26th, 2009
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KaPOW!
Did that catch you off guard? The cuteness? Get ready, here comes another hit:
Burger the 8-week old yellow Lab was killing me with the cuteness today. I train a ton of labs, but by the time I get to work with most of them they’re typically rangy adolescents. I love hanging out with the wee bebes. They’re fun to train, and they make me want to hug them and pet them and squeeze them.
Burger’s slightly overwhelmed person is a first-time dog owner, so we discussed new puppy questions about stuff like mouthing…
(Exploratory mouthing like Burger is doing is an important developmental stage. Pups need to learn how strong their little jaws are, and how delicate our skin is!)
… and crating.
(Punchy, overtired Burger pitched a fit when we put her in the crate at the end of the session, but I’ll bet that she was asleep five minutes after I walked out the door.)
I’m happy to sit with first-time puppy owners and reassure them that life will get easier, and things that seem foreign will start to become second nature.
If I can’t do it in person, there’s always this. (Oooh, snap – another plug!)
