11 week old puppy updates

Rumor has been getting along really well with Dylan -- it is very cute. They play tug sometimes and he is very good at checking in with me even if he is playing with Dylan... I like that! I have been dremmeling his nails and I was actually able to do all 4 paws last night. It was a fight for a little bit, then he just gave up and let mom give him a pedicure :)

At 11 weeks, Rumor now weighs about 12 lbs. I tried to measure his height the other day.... didn't work... I was guessing he was about 12", but who knows... his little body wanted no part of standing still for me. It is amazing to me that Rumor has pretty much doubled in weight since I got him... He came home and was about 6 or 6 1/2 lbs... now he is 12!

Rumor is a bit awkward looking, at the moment. His legs have grown quite a bit and his tail is super long. Yesterday, it looks like his snout/muzzle got much longer.... more like an adult face vs. a puppy face. He has 1 ear that is totally pricked now... the other ear is still a hound ear... I'm going to have to fix that. I would be very pleased with 2 pricked ears... but we might have to manually help him with that one.

He is *very* proud of his "down" and "roll over"... Rumor is also getting the hang of "sit", "heel", "crate", "come", "here", "get it" and we are working on our heeling a bit and starting to learn "stay". He has very nice eye contact when we're working with food :) Overall, his attention is good and I'm pleased with his progress. I feel no need to rush into training with him... last night someone was asking me about it and why I wasn't doing more agility with him -- I looked at her like she had 3 heads... the pup is *only* 11 weeks old... we will have plenty of time to play on the equipment.

Thus far, Rumor has been an awesome puppy and I couldn't be happier with him. He is a very funny boy with a great personality and he makes me laugh all the time -- I love having him around.