Max, Week 3
[thumb:1541:l] [thumb:1537:l] The adoption service had a two weeks trial for each animal they adopted out. Last Saturday was Max’s two weeks and obviously we still have him. He’s too adorable to return and doing so well with training. These pictures showed his first fancy treats. We purchased them from a dog bakery at the Plaza in KC. I missed Kato when I bought those treats. I just remembered all the days we would get fancy treats from the Boise market, the special drive through in Boise that had a dog’s menu, Petsmart (and how his ears would cock up at the mention of the store), and the Plaza. He’ll always be my special dog :(
Anyway… Max’s potty training is doing well. He’s not waiting at the door to go out but he’s only had a few accidents and mostly my fault for letting him roam the house when I know that it’s close to potty time. Also, he’s been taking less time to go. He’ll go around in circles a few times and eliminate compare to standing out there for at least five minutes waiting for him to at least pee. He can almost go on command but still at the 75th percentile; he’ll get there. He also pee’d for Drew for the very first time last Tuesday. That was a HUGE event. Max never wanted to go for Drew. They could be standing out there for a long time or Drew would pop him back in the crate and take him out again and Max still wouldn’t go. So very big accomplishments.
Max can also sit on command and walks well on the leash. He’s going to puppy school next Monday and I know I’m looking forward to that. We’re driving to Sedalia, about 30 miles from here, to do this.
[thumb:1562:r]Right now the two canines are just having a great time together playing. They share toys and tolerate each other well. Sometimes they get to do some rough playing but since Max is so little, I limit this and Shady backs off right away. Max loves to harass the cat too. The poor thing lets Max do whatever. So the family is getting along very awesome. Can’t wait to see what else he’ll do for me… for treats of course :D