King's Halloween

Poor dude didnt enjoy the choice of Halloween costumes he had.

Fun Day 2015

It's been a while.

I don't know why I haven't been poating much, but here's a rundown of the V-man.

He's growing but I don't think he will be the big guy we originally thought. He's about 55 lbs at 8 months and pretty active as of recent. He used to sleep all day, now he'd much rather be going going going.

He loves to go to work and see everyone there, and especially loves his mid day walk around the duck pond.

He recently started coming to the class Im teaching.  He was a little noisy at first  (especially in a silent ASL classroom.) But is great at sleeping all 2 hours now.

He's also got a wild streak in him as of about 3 weeks ago.  He's decided that hea going to take on the teenage months with gusto and likes to pick everything up. Lota of bones and one teeny, tiny piece of grass on the floor and the grass gets eaten. We are working on it though...

Last weekend we went to SR for Fun day and he did great! San Francisco was a breeze for him, and he did awesome on the activities.  He got to meet his brothers, Vancouver, Valet, and Vinnie (aww). It seems like they all have very different personalities, but all fun dogs! We will watch for them on the reports in a few months!

We also got to see Phoenix! He's looking good and is getting ready to join the ranks of "Sires on Ice". (Sounds like a bad figure skating performance!) Which means basically they want to keep him around :) We are super lucky that he has the best family that brings him down! 

Our club also did a booth for the first time! We will be launching a new Etsy shop thia week with our items so look for that!

5 months and some change

V is FIVE months old now! He's a sweet dude with a fat head. I love him!

A few weeks ago he weighed in at 42 lbs. I think he will be a nice size.

5 things about Valko at 5 months:

1. He loves to play outside. He would probably hike all day long if we let him. (And we could take it.)
2. He does great out- especially when I have the baby too. The other day was a long day for him- the park, then a few stores, riding the train downtown, the mall, a baseball game then back home on the train. He did AWESOME!  I was super impressed with this dude.
3. He loves to chew. Bones, Kongs,... ehm... baby toys. I've even found him chewing on his lost baby tooth. We just keep bones out for him and he's pretty good.
4. He's a little slow but once he gets it he's great! He *just* figured out sit the other day and now he's awesome at it. Next? Down. Just dont judge the remedial 10 month old who *still* doesnt know Down.
5. He's a snuggly guy. If I'm on the ground, he's trying to get on my lap and lay down. Poor King is the same way so that's a bit of a struggle. 

Happy 5 month Valko Velcro!

Feeling left out

King has been feeling a little left out of the blog. Living the life of a Career change has its pros and cons... one of the cons is that he isn't featured on the blog as much. I don't think he really cares all that much... and there's not a whole lot new with him other than we are starting up a nosework class with him this week. I think he will love it. He needs a little one-on-one time every so often and this will help with that. I'm sure there will be an update on that soon.

He's an awesome co-raiser for the puppy and human variety. He is definitely warming up to Camden and isnt as jealous as he was. He gets special privileges when it comes to baby- like when I'm feeding the baby he can on the bed to snuggle next to me or because he doesnt try to steal the baby toys *ahem Valko ahem* he gets to hang out when we are playing in his bedroom. He's a good guy.

4 months old

This cute black labrador is already 4 months old. He's a fun guy and has been super nice to have around. He takes advantage of the fact that King is a wimp so they don't get a lot of interaction, but they do get to play outside together and go on walks together.
Valko has gotten to go to work and a few other places. He got his 16 weeks shots and is weighing in at about 35 lbs!

#valkovelcro

I know it's been a minute since I've updated about the Wolf. He's a fun little guy.  Just when you think you've got this puppy raising thing down...they send you a puppy that changes all that.

Valko is a sweet guy. He likes to cuddle and play tug. He's not one for praise (maybe I thought he was deaf for the first 2 weeks because of the lack of response to anything I said.) but has learned to love the word "nice!". He's been a great sleeper since day one and is now waiting for his food and has been on a few outings. Here are a few pictures of Mr. V:

The Wolf of 650 North

And the newest V boy to join the line up is... Valko! (It means Wolf in Bulgarian.) He's a little spitfire who loves to be held. He did sleep all night last night so I'm not complaining. Here's a few "first bath" pictures until I can get a few good ones. I forget how hard it is to photograph a black dog- especially a tiny one!

King is not a fan. He will learn to love him, I'm sure... once King starts standing up for himself.

Patience is a virtue that I don't have

Well... I didn't quite make it to spring- BUT we are getting that Make Black Lab I've been wanting for the last few years.

Mr. "V" will be making his way to Utah via Delta Airlines next Tuesday afternoon- about an hour before I have to teach my first ASL class for the semester. Not great timing, but we will make it work (my younger brother is excited to get to play with Mr. V for a few hours while I'm gone.) I don't have parents or birthday, but that will come next Tuesday.

We are pretty excited... and having a playmate for King again will be good for him.

Here's the short list of names we would love (therefore guaranteeing that we won't get them.) :

-Vinnie (I would LOVE another Vinnie)
-Valiant
-Varsity
-Viking
-Vault
-Voltage

Any other suggestions?