It's been a while...

There hasn't been much new to post on Toby's blog lately. I should just take some pictures of him and post them anyway to see how much he's grown. He's really starting to be full of personality! Here's a picture of Toby's new cousin, Abby (see below for more!).

Toby graduated from his Puppy Class a few weeks ago. He did such a great job! We've not been the best at practicing with him since the class ended, but we need to. He's signed up for the second class: Puppy Confidence and Agility. They say a lot of puppies go through an awkward phase when thing that normally didn't bother them can start to frighten them. It comes along with adolescence. This class should help him with that if it causes him to regress. Plus, it's another chance for him to have "play time" with other puppies his age. By the end of his last class, he was so excited each week to see his "friends". It's really helped him interact with other dogs we may see on walks or at our friend's house (you should've seen him playing with his friend Abbey this last weekend!! They ran around Jon and Jen's backyard for a LONG time just playing with each other...then Toby slept for the rest of the day! ha ha!)

Toby has also lost almost all of his baby teeth! I've only seen one of them, so I'm sure he swallowed the rest of them. :) He gets in a cranky mood when he's got teeth bothering him and he seems like a different dog when the loose tooth falls out. We're hoping once he's done teething he'll stop biting, but so far, it's not getting any better.

He's also got an appointment to get <*gasp*> neutered!! :( Poor little guy. He goes in next week for the ol' snip snip. This may also help contain some of his hyper behaviors, such as his mouthing, humping and general spazziness! :) I'm a little scared to have this done just because there's always a risk with any kind of surgery. But, we know it's what needs to get done because we don't want him humping and marking everything in sight. Plus, it will keep any future aggression to a minimum when he's older (so they say).

Toby's got a new cousin now! This picture is of Abby and Mom. I suppose, technically we should call Abby Toby's Aunt, but we'll stick to using the term "cousin" since they're both babies! :) Abby is a mixed breed puppy - Shiz Tzu, Maltese and Yorkie. Isn't she cute? She is about 9 weeks now (the picture was from a couple weeks ago) and she weights 3.2lbs. Toby was 3.5lbs when we got him at 11 weeks, so they're both growing about the same rate. It will be so much fun to see the two of them playing together since they're both black & white and fluffy puppies! They're going to be able to meet next month. Mom and Dad are driving down to see us the week before we ALL go down to Savannah to welcome home Captain Matt Mesko from Iraq!! Then there will be THREE dogs sniffing each others' butts! ha ha!!!

I'll take some more pictures of Toby and get them posted. Oh! Adam took a super cute picture of him when he was visiting. I'll have to post that one - Adam's a great photographer.