Gus is wonderful and we are enjoying his companionship very much. He was off to 5 weeks of board and train which he did very well. Since then we have been going to group classes and he is doing a good job of training me. ha but really he is doing good. He is very smart. we have been working mostly on leash and he is learning more and more off leash now. He does have a stubborn streak but we have found ways around that. We had our first snow a few weeks back and that was quite funny. went to bed and it was dry and woke up to about 8 inches on the ground. Watching his reaction and investigations was hilarious. He loves playing in the stuff. I have kenneled him in the bedroom every night since he got here but in the last month or so i have let him sleep loose next to the bed at night... he does very well with that. He has his 'place' in the living room that he is learning to go to when told. and kinda doing ok with that but getting better every day. we take our daily walk and go to the park for some ball fetching and he is learning 'drop' pretty well. His favorite toy though is a tree limb of all things.

I weighed him the other day and he is at 79lbs and right at 26 inches at the shoulder. So he is getting to be a big boy. it is amazing how fast he is growing.

Thanks so much for the note! I'm amazed at how BIG he and some of his littermates are already! Be sure to keep him on the lean side --- you'll want to be able to very easily feel his ribs. With young dogs growing so fast you need to be aware that they can develop joint problems ~ keeping them on the thin side will help reduce that possibility.

Solo's very favorite thing is his big horse jollyball...but his second favorite is also a tree limb. He will fetch and run with them, sometimes TOWARD me...yikes!!! Where did you send him for board and train? Somewhere local? I used to offer that service but it was difficult to have the owners understand how to maintain the training ~ do you have an ongoing training program with them? I'm curious how it works in your area.