Last week at the Kovar’s the most interesting things that happened all revolved around Boone. During the past two weeks Boone has been developing a healthy amount of hyperactivity. We have been doing our best to provide both physical and mental stimulation so that he has positive outlets for his energy. He is doing well although we have had some struggles as of late. This weekend our vet kindly reassured me that Boone’s behaviors are normal, although he included a statement that Boone appears to be a little more dominant than some puppies. Boone is challenging my dominance daily... but I am confident that he will eventually learn that I will always win. He doesn’t challenge Andy as much as he does me! I have added a Season Pass for the Dog Whisperer to my Tivo, and I am watching it daily. Mostly I am working on my own behavior... remaining calm and confident is not as easy as it sounds!
We will start obedience classes in two more weeks. Boone already knows several commands... He knows sit, down, stand, home, outside, in, watch and fetch very well. This week we started working on stay. He is actually doing really well with it too.
This weekend has been good for Boone. He received the last of his boosters and is now allowed to mingle with other dogs. He still really likes going to the vet, which makes it easy! He weighed 30 pounds flat at this vet appointment. That’s an 8 pound gain in 3 weeks time!
On Saturday he had his first play date with his new best friend, Porter. Candice brought Porter over to our backyard for a two hour adventure. It was really the first time that Boone had been around another dog off-leash since we brought him home. I was a little nervous, but figured that Porter would be a good trial run for him... he’s four years old, just a little smaller than Boone is right now... and Porter has an abundance of energy too. When Porter first came over, he spent about 10 minutes running away from Boone’s sniffing. Then Boone made the mistake of nipping at him, and at that moment Porter decided that he was going to take charge. They started playing and didn’t really stop for two hours, although they took a lot of quiet time in-between runs. They spent a lot of time running the perimeter of the yard, (Porter always in front,) and also played fetch team-style. Boone was actually calm for the remainder of the day! Boone is very excited for Porter to come over and play again. (And so am I!)
Boone also met two neighbor dogs this week - Jack and Shadow. Jack lives next door to us, and Boone has been watching him through our fence for weeks. He did well with both of them too.
Here are some pictures from the play date on Saturday.
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