17 WKS OLD TODAY

Someone is up to a whopping 34 lbs.  I am not going to be able to lift him to weigh him much longer.  He is doing much better about playing inside with his toys than tearing around the house causing trouble.  He hasn't had a piddle accident in the house in 2 days, woohoo.  He is as tall as the coffee table now and is genetically unable to resist the allure of Kleenex.  He is also tall enough to get his face to the top of the counters if he jumps up on his hind legs.  Not good.  But he is doing pretty good with "LEAVE IT".  Unfortunately he will come back to it see if anything new has appeared up there within a few minutes.   Our class assignment is to work on STAY.  He hasn't gotten SIT on command yet, so we are a little behind.  That's my fault, I haven't been working with him as much as I should.  He also never leaves me, which makes it hard to interrupt him and get him to respond to commands.  I have been able to work on COME when he goes outside.  I call for him to come and he is real good about coming straight inside.  That is one command he will always get a treat reward for.  The trainer said that is too important and you never want your dog to not come when called.  It could save his life someday.  I need to get his paperwork together and get him enrolled in daycare, now that he is old enough.