Sleep Over Pictures

Am I cute or what?!?!?!
I took my first swim while I was visiting Aunt Sara. Well, it was a bit more like wading in the water and I was on a long line the whole time. The cool water felt good on a warm day.



I enjoyed chewing on a stick.

I enjoyed running around with the stick too.

We spent time hanging out in Aunt Sara's room.

I spent time sleeping in Aunt Sara's room.

I got to sit on Auntie Sara's lap in the car. Of course I had to move before we could go anywhere because she was driving. I sure do love my Aunt Sara.

Time with Auntie Sara

I went to spent some time with Aunt Sara last night. It was my second sleep over and I had a wonderful time. Aunt Sara said she would send some pictures from my time with her so I will post some pictures when they arrive. In the meantime, Aunt Sara sent an email to Mommy this morning. This is what she had to say about our time together.

Hi :)

Karson has been doing awesome. I'm amazed that when I take him outside in the back yard or out on a leash he heels perfectly! You guys have amazed me with that... :) His leave its for his dinner and breakfast are very good too... he is an angel!!!

Last night we went and played at the ball parks down town. (deserted) Dumb Auntie Sara forgot a ball to play with so we walked around for a bit.

It was still warm outside and Karson was getting hot, so we walked down towards the damn and waded in the cool water. I think he wanted me to get my suit on and jump in with him to go exploring more. We may do that yet today if we have time...

After that I had a wet puppy on my hands so we walked back to one of the diamonds and played chase in the outfield. We were walking back to the car when Karson discovered the best toy ever -- a stick!! So we turned around and played some fetch for a while. I was expecting a nasty puppy keep away game, but nope not perfect Karson!!! Lol, he brought it straight back to me every time! What a good baby.

Then we went home and took a quick bath. It's amazing how much dirt a black coat can mask!! After this is was close to 9 so we settled down in my room. He was a good baby and chewed on some toys and fell asleep. When he woke up I asked him to come out and snuggle with me... and he did! Idk what you mean no snuggles!! You've just gotta get on the ground and beg! haha

When it was time to go to sleep, he got back in his crate and went right to sleep. Didn't bug me all night until this morning at 6 he woke up and started chewing on the nylabone he took in with him. Probably could have gotten longer out of him, but the bone was realllllly loud!

So here we are, after breakfast, writing home to mom. I knew you'd be happy to hear about your boys adventures. We'll find more fun things to do today. :) I would send you the pictures I took but why would I waste time with a puppy here!!! haha

Thank you so much... I've really missed having a puppy around.

Sara & Karson "woof" who sends lots of kisses for his mom!

My First Puppy Class

I started puppy class tonight. This is Bridgett. She is the trainer of our class. She is smart, patient and very nice. Best of all... She likes me.

Tonight we worked on sit, walking nicely on a leash, heel as a position and eye contact with distraction. I have wonderful eye contact and a pretty good "leave it" - even when there are tasty Cheerios on the floor.

We have both puppy and beginner level dogs in the class. The puppies (me and a really cute Rotty) were supposed to be walking nicely on a leash and the beginner dogs (two Boxers and a White German Shepherd) were learning to heel. I love to do attention heeling. As we were doing our attention heeling our trainer, Bridgett, asked why were taking the class.

Mommy explained that we were taking the class for socialization, added distractions and structure. I guess when you are a working mom of 5 dogs you need a formal class to help keep puppy training structured. I am looking forward to the next several weeks to see how much I can learn.