LeAnn, Lucy & Rusty!!'s Blog – April 2009 Archive (4)

Rusty is growing so fast and he doesn't realize how big he is... he keeps trying to go to his old "hiding" places and he just doesn't fit anymore. I took a little nap the other day and didn't put Rusty in his crate... cuz he was sleeping by the bed... well, I woke up to him SCREAMING.. not whining.. SCREAMING.. I sat bolt upright, looked around, I can't see him.. I hop out of bed and run to the bedroom door.. no.. the screaming is coming from inside the bedroom... uhhhh... under the bed.. I… Continue

The Spring Training has really reminded me how important it is to teach my doggies tricks! Rusty and Lucy have both been through obedience and I guess I just got so focused on sit, down, heel, stay, etc. that I forgot the FUN of expanding that foundation of learning into the fun tricks!



So, today I got back on the Dogtrickacademy site and taught Rusty how to shake in about 10 minutes. How fun is that! He's so proud of himself. I'm gonna… Continue

See if you can recreate the picture of Rusty and Lucy below by completing the puzzle.. come on.. give it a try!

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Rusty's last night of puppy obedience was last night and he PASSED!! We filled out the paperwork for him to get his AKC S.T.A.R puppy certificate. Evidently, once I send in the paperwork he'll get an official certificate, a medallion and a magazine. Pretty cool! I've listed the things from the AKC site that we had to do in order to pass. Rusty LOVES obedience class so we've already signed up for the next class. YEAH RUSTY!



20 STEPS To Success: The AKC S.T.A.R. Puppysm… Continue