One Year of Puppy Parenthood

[Jaime + Oliver]

One year ago today we brought home Oliver.  It's turned out to be a simultaneously wonderful and patience-testing experience.  Puppy parenting has turned out to be challenging but I wouldn't trade my fuzzy best friend for anything.  Some of the interesting events of the past year include:

1. potty trained quickly & no indoor poo accidents!

2. no destructive chewing and very little mouthing even when teething!

3. obsessed with anything ball-shaped!

4. still needs to be let out at night on a regular basis

5. feels the need to protect us and does a lot of barking (lots of Doggy Dan happening these days)

6. grew to be 15lbs larger than we were expecting (more fuzz to love)

7. incredibly energetic, playful and loving dog!

Here's to (hopefully) another 10+ years of taking care of this little maniac muppet!

[Stephanie and Ragley]

Happy Gotcha Day! Sounds like it has been a great year!

[F, Calla & Luca]

A big muppet indeed. Enjoy.

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Happy Gotcha Day, Oliver

[Debbie Schneider]

How adorable!!  I am 4 months in with my little Maxwell - and I totally can relate to the challenging and patience part - lol - he is already becoming my best friend too though - love all your highlights of the year!  Thank for sharing.

Debbie and Maxwell

[Leslie, Yogi & Maci Bear]

Nice update on maxwell's first year! My how time flys!

[Lonnie & Libby Lu]

OMD Incredibly cute too!  What a sweetie!

[Emily, Bentley, & Maserati]

Very cute! I love that he's squeezed into the basket! 

[Jaime + Oliver]

Never underestimate the power of really smelly treats :)

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

What a fun year!

[Anne & Mr. Haley]

Happy Gotcha Day!  Oliver is a cutie.

[Miss Ellie]

Happy Gotcha Day...he is such a cute little muppet!

[Sylvia]

Oliver is such a cutie and so worth it. I find that my mietek at 4 months old likes to jump on everyone to greet them, even strangers walking down the street, apart from that, he is a very well behaved dog.