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Every day Izzy makes progress. Baby shark rarely shows herself now. She responds quickly to training. We only have one more session of Puppy Kindergarten left! 98% of the time she is just pure joy to be with. This week she got to spend lots of time with friends, new and old. She walked with our friend Cary. We went over to visit Barb and Maya and this time we let them play. They had so much fun and Izzy showed a lot of respect for her elder. Barb also brought out a tunnel. B

Izzy is becoming a lap dog. It was a quiet week for the first time in a long time. We had some beautiful weather so I was able to get Izzy out to play. She loves her giggle ball and her boomer ball and is proving to be quite a gymnast. Our little gymnast. Izzy had a vet visit on Wednesday and had to have a blood draw for her nomograph titer to check for protection for Distemper and Parvo. She did great. She had class on Thursday, and we worked on polite greetings. She still n

She is growing up so fast! Izzy is just over 4 months old. We have had her for just over 2 months. We have done so much in 2 months, and she has grown up so much in 2 months! It has flown by, and I now see why they say to embrace puppyhood even though it is challenging. Her personality becomes clearer every day. She is smart! She learns so quickly. She is becoming so verbal and makes the funniest sounds. She is funny and can be so silly when she plays. She makes us laugh ever

My friend's sweet granddaughter who is a dog whisperer with her calm energy. Izzy was initially very nervous around kids. I knew it was really important to help her be comfortable around all kinds of people. People of all types and ages. She met our grandkids, and they were great with her and were calm and gentle but unfortunately not all kids are like that when they meet dogs. We took her to a park and had many excited kids approach her and this was more challenging, but we

Izzy. She seems to be getting even more beautiful. It has been a busy week! Izzy is almost 18 weeks old. We have had her for almost 9...

This was Izzy's last puppy playtime as they can only go through16 weeks. She and Runa had a blast. They play really well together taking...

Izzy loves watching TV and her favorite shows are animal shows. Why do we go through all we do raising a puppy? Well because they are so...

Izzy who must be part mountain goat gets on top of her crate. Most of the blogs on puppies and posts on facebook pages I see (our breeder...

Stitch keeping me company while I water. Stitch showed up in 2022. Initially he and his sister, Simba, visited to try and get the birds I...

Great Socialization List Every once in a while, I find something new that I find really ingenious or helpful. I wanted to share a couple...

Izzy watching the ducks and geese. Izzy had her final Parvo/Distemper vaccine on Wednesday. Soon we won't need to worry as much about her...

Izzy enjoyed hanging out on her bed by the fire. I have to admit I was a little leery of taking Izzy camping and almost cancelled. I...

Izzy is in this picture somewhere. She and her littermates did a puppy therapy visit when she was just 7 weeks old! Piles of Puppies is...

Working with Izzy on entering an elevator Things that we don't think twice about getting into or going through can be really scary for a...

Izzy solving a puzzle to get her breakfast. Almost everything we do with Izzy is a training exercise. Breakfast is served in a puzzle...

Izzy on a visit with Barb and Maya (a team with F.E.T.C.H. therapy dogs that Emmi and I worked with) Both our veterinarian and our...

This girl is definitely a fireball! Izzy will be 14 weeks tomorrow. Time is flying by with her and I am so glad we made the decision to...

Izzy and Dave at the Eugene Airport My favorite therapy visits with Emmi were to the Eugene Airport. I did an earlier post on some of...

Izzy and Iylah Play is important for social development in puppies. Izzy is attending a weekly structured play group until she is 16...

Izzy doing her best Fireball impression. We needed to come up with an AKC name for Izzy for her registration. We are only registering her...