Training Day

Today we met up with the Guide Dogs trainer and some other foster parents and pups for a training session. We mostly focused on manners. At the end, the trainer had the dogs try on the harness they'll eventually wear, just to get used to having something new strapped around them. This exercise made sense for the other pups, as they were all older than Mackenzie. However, we went ahead and had Mac try on the smallest one, knowing it would be too big. He'll grow into it. :)

Here's a recent graduate, Simba, to show how the harness is supposed to look. :)

Mackenzie Update

 Happy birthday to Mackenzie - he's now 4 months old!

Age: 4 months and 2 days old
Weight: 31 pounds/14 kg
Teeth: he's lost about 6 of his puppy teeth, and can be really bitey/mouthy
Favourite toy: Hide-a-Squirrel

Likes:

• walks
• dog food
• rawhides
• ice cubes
• belly rubs
• when we sit on the floor so he can sit on our lap
• licking the wheels on the bottom rack of the dishwasher
• his own dog hair tumbleweeds - apparently he thinks they are a rolling delicacy

Dislikes:

• coming when called
• being told no (no biting, no jumping on the sofa, no eating the broom while I'm sweeping)
• an empty food bowl
• going outside in heavy rain - he was finally persuaded to go out to pee, but he wasn't very happy about  it

Overall, he's definitely worth it:

Mac giving kisses

Yay, sunbeam!