Hi all!

Well, we didn't get to go canoeing, but Harvey sure liked "Grandma's" house! He got to run around in the yard and get all sorts of loving attention.

We introduced him to the guinea pigs this weekend (I have 4 of them) - NOT a good idea! I took out the largest pig I had (Sunshine) and was holding her in my hands (and protecting her little limbs) and harvey wanted to eat her! My ever so smart husband decided to put Sunshine on the ground while holding Harvey, and Harvey took a chunk of her fur right out. Luckily he didn't nip her or anything, and she has really thick fur, so she was just fine. Now we are going to have to keep Harvey crated until I can get a completely secure cage for at least my girls - the boys are in a cage that is high enough that Harvey can't get to them, but he could get to the girls if he wanted to!

He doesn't seem too interested in them while they're in the cage, so I think they'll probably be okay when I'm in the house and keeping an eye on Harvey. Does anyone have any ideas on how to retrain the dog on the differences between outside animals (such as squirrels) and 'siblings' (such as guinea pigs)? My other dog, Chance, knows that the guinea pigs are his brothers & sister and better be 'nice' or otherwise he'll get a whap on the nose!

Also, Harvey doesn't seem to know any tricks at all - what do you recommend we start with?

Last night on our way home he gave us a little scare. We stopped at Burger King (drive thru) and we had the back window in the truck open for Chance to stick his head out. Well, next thing we know, Chance is in Harvey's seat, and Harvey isn't in the truck! He had jumped out of the window onto the tonneau cover! I rushed out of the truck as fast as I could with 4 gps on my lap and trued to get him off of the tonneau. He jumped off the tonneau onto the pavement and I just had to slowly follow him until he stopped to pee on a light pole. I'm just glad I went to PetCo and got him a nametag with our info on it. Guess we'll have to keep him leashed in the truck until we can get him trained to stay inside with us, or at least to come when called.

I didn't get any pictures taken this weekend because my camera batteries are dead. I'll get some as soon as I can!

Amber