They grow like weed...

[Jarka, Monty & Auggie]

Auggie is 8 months old today. Where did the time go? He's been home for 6 months already and I'm happy to report that I'm still alive. :-) As you know the first few weeks were really hard for me. But fortunately, puppies grow fast and the humans get used to the chaos eventually.

Auggie still loves to terrorize his older brother Monty and to destroy the backyard. But, he has grown into a very sweet puppy (you can tell this especially when he is separated from his brother). Being used to Monty's attention all the time, I felt strange that Auggie's center of universe was his brother the first few months. At a dog park, Auggie would just take off to play with other dogs and not check in with me until he was tired, while Monty has always stayed near me.

Well, things are progressing nicely. We got Auggie because my DH wanted a devoted dog that would follow him around, just like Monty follows me. So it happens that I have now TWO extra escorts when I move around the house, go to bathroom or go take a shower... And he now checks in several times while at dog park, and even comes running across the dog park when called. He thinks the vacuum cleaner is the most interesting animal ever. If he had opposable thumbs, I bet he would help me clean the house, which would be really helpful since all the dry grass that's missing in the backyard is reappearing all around the house. Roomba is sounding better and better every day. Auggie did not even flinch when I turned our new dog hair dryer on the hurricane setting the other day.

Auggie is doing nicely in training, although we are still having a hard time discouraging jumping on people. And I have to admit that Auggie is definitely the patient one out of the two doodles.

In any case, I was going through some old pictures of little Auggie and was amazed what 6 months can do to a doodle, even visually. I thought you would get a kick out of these. Just like somebody said: doodles are like a box of chocolates...

 

[Donna K & Quincy]

Oh my gosh, that can't be Auggie, geez he has gotten so big. The pics of him on the chair are a riot and of course he is totally gorgeous.

[Camilla and Darwin]

Oh wow, what a difference! I'm so glad you did this update, and I can't believe it's been 6 months already, he has grown so fast! I just love hearing about your two boys. :-)