hi guys...

I feel much better today...last night Buddha was sooooo good....whenever him and Riely started getting too heated...or if he was biting or growling trying to tug the ball away from her...we just said 'hey hey hey'...or 'muzzle' and they quieted right down....if you say 'muzzle' in my house...doggies listen...heh...

we lurve the muzzles...its our way of 'time out'...if they get too rowdy...or we need to clip their nails...or if they're jumping all over people and scratching them when they come in...we put the muzzles on and they become completely calm....they usually only have to wear them for 5 minutes or so....during with they usually lay down and rest...it kind of puts them on a lower intensity level....and we use them when we have to clip their nails or clean their ears because they don't squirm very much when they have them on...and they cant nibble their way free....

most of the time all we have to do is say the word....we only ACTUALLY put them on them 1 in 20 times we have to say the word.....

anyway...Buddha was being SO good...and we practiced his puppy class homework last night....I can now stand anywhere in the room...call his name...and he'll come sit in front of me and look in my face...i was actually teaching him stay too...unfortunately Riely saw that he was getting all the treats and kept interrupting...and distracting him...so I was trying to train them BOTH...but Riely was jumping on me....and wouldn't sit until i SAID sit....and then putting her paws up all over Buddha...like pushing him away like 'don't give him any treats'....

he's totally more well behaved than she is...and then...they both got tired...and Riely curled up on the couch....and Buddha curled up next to her butt...and they slept....and Riely moved to the floor a long while later...and he got up and moved to the floor and put his little head on her butt and slept...i swear...he loves his big sister...he just likes to annoy her....he's not fast enough to get the ball when we play fetch...so he just tries to thwart Riely's attempts at getting back to me with the ball...and starts biting her butt and tail as shes running...and hopping in front of her face trying to grab the ball...

I still have to go to 4 more puppy classes....I already paid for them...but she'll see...he's a good boy...he's just not used to being around puppies...and ones that move fast around him...i think he's not used to it and it makes him nervous that they're fast and can come after him....i did some thinking...and besides Sunday...when he was with only 2 puppies...one of which was very timid and didn't move much...he didn't growl at all..he just chased the other puppy around...he hasn't really ever been around other puppies....besides that class tuesday...with about 10 other dogs...and he was probably on sensory overload....