Bhima after his clipdown

I think Bhima's owner was horrified by this cut but honestly, look how easy he will be to keep clean! I cut all our dogs' coats down here on the farm so am used to the look. The good news is that at least the groomer left his beard!!

As we all say, hair grows :)

Wanted to give you an update and also wanted to ask of you could put me in touch with the owner of Bhimas brother Gus. I read the post you put on the blog and am possibly going to use the facility he used in Denver for training. I wanted to ask his opinion on the trainers and the facility itself if he doesn't mind. As for our Bhima he is amazing basic training is doing very well working on the off leash that is one of the main reasons I want to take him to the trainers. We had a small incident with our neighbors who have two horses next door to us apparently they were giving Bhima dirty looks at least thats what my son told me when Bhima decided to run over and chase them around the electrified horse area. My neighbor thought it was funny but we didn't want Bhima to get kicked or hurt when he is focused on something he does not listen to my command and I can't have that. I will attach some pics of him including the latest on of the before and after shot of the groomer not listening when I said just a inch off. Well I will keep you posted as we go and as corny as it sounds I thank you for helping me find my Best Friend and companion I love him to death.

Gus update

the board and train facility is local. it is called american canine academy. it offers lifetime group clases and 5 one-on-ones after a 4 week board and train ... now this training was to get gus started on the basics. i had a surgery done the first week of august and felt that because of that and the recovery time that i didn't want to blow a prime learning age....and it also gave me a respit for recovery. however, gus got very good remarks and he took to the training very well. since getting him home i have been taking advantage of the group classes to further things along. He does very well on lead and ok off lead. what i am working on now is to improve his off lead results. they are working with me on that as well. The only real issue i have with him, and he is getting much better, is to not be so mouthy. he isn't too bad with me, but more so with my significant other.... she isn't the assertive alpha type with him so he tends to take advantage of her. but he is learning and we are making progress. now the mouthiness is not an aggressive type of thing but more of a "keep on petting me and loving me cause i am not done yet" sort of thing.

He is wonderful though and lots of fun. we enjoy his companionship tremendously. he is at my side almost 24/7 and likes to help out no matter what i may be doing..... lol

Otis

I am happy to report (and hope I am not cursing myself) that Otis is doing much better! My bruises are fading. He is much more attentive, the trainer noticed that he is watching me more. After the first couple minutes w/new people (if they survive), he settles down nicely. We are SO thankful! He is quite the clown, too. Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving!