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Almost 5 months
Already. Holy shit. He's doing a lot better, he just had a rough puppyhood. While we still have some challenges, he's not as angry anymore and is the sweet puppy I knew he was. I've been slacking with photos, so here's one that's like 3 weeks old.
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A good day
Atari has been on his best behavior today. He must know I just spent $180 on a deposit for his behavior consult. I'm enjoying this newfound sane puppy he's being today, there's less anger in him and it's nice. He met a lot of people with my mom while I was at work today, too, and was very appropriate to them, not frantically trying to grab bits of ( Read more... ) -
Woes
My mom approached me and said that she thinks Atari is weird.... not in an endearing kind of way, but an odd puppy. Like something is off. I've been thinking this myself, but snuffing those thoughts out because I've only had him for a few weeks and he's very young. We're consulting with a few trainers because of this weirdness though. I feel it's ( Read more... ) -
Small victories
Today was day three of Atari sleeping through the night, day one of my alarm actually waking him up, and day 6 of him not having any accidents in the house. I'd say on that front, we're doing pretty damn well.
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Atari 10 weeks
Feeling better about my puppy. We're hitting our stride together and he's learning some impulse control, which is nice. He still has issues wit being restrained and contained but the solution for that I think will come with time. He's an energetic puppy but doesn't quite know how to interact nicely with the other dogs. The girls both hate him, ( Read more... ) -
Atari 9 weeks
I've had Atari for 4 days now, and so far I feel lost. It's been 6 years since I've had a puppy and I've forgotten so much. I'm joining some puppy classes soon so I can work with him under some instruction.
He really loves to play and is very bitey, which is funny because I picked him over his littermate because he didn't bite. I wonder how mouthy ( Read more... ) -
Things
So I never made it to Tennessee. Long story short, typical to Harper style, things just fell through the cracks. To say I'm sad is an understatement. So, the tentative plan Is Sacramento in January. My friend isn't happy but I've found our friendship overbearing lately and I'm not quite sure how to fix it. So, in typical fashion, I'm running away ( Read more... ) -
Things that happened
Ava went to texas. The fights just got too intense and it was wrong to keep one or the other crated so much. They both needed attention and exercise I just couldn't split between the two. I miss her so so much.
I got a job at a pet supply shop. More free dog food.
I'm going to move to Tennessee at the end of July and it can't come soon enough. I'm ( Read more... ) -
The Year to Get it Done
I greeted 2016 like I greet any morning. Groggy, a bit grumpy, searching for that nonexistant snooze button. This didn't last long, though. I had a show to run three dogs in and as tired as I may be, I made an obligation. After two days, my body told me to quit. This was a new feeling and it crushed me enough to take my head from the game the rest ( Read more... ) -
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That Banger... he's a great dog. I am so excited to see him run at tryouts