Update

So, the little brat has probably been getting less training lately than he should because mom and dad have finals coming up---which is too bad because dad has figured out how a way to train him to shake (he's a dog that has to do the motion himself or he'll just think the treat is for behaving while we grab his paw), he really needs some more time with the clicker and the crate so that he can stop being so miserable when we leave the house and we need to bell train him because his signals to go out have gotten subtler and subtler. I'm going to try and work with him tomorrow through Friday when I have less class but I really don't think we're going to be able to really go at it until after finals. I'm really wanting to use the summer, when we won't be having as many people over, to really knock into his head not to put his paws on the coffee table, grab arms holding toys, jump on people, etc. You know, really work on his manners when it's only Fathead and I who have to be consistent with him and if we need to timeout him for something then there's no one else over to be tortured when he protests this (just as a note, we don't timeout him in his crate---the last thing he needs is to associate it with punishment).

In other news, he's decided he likes kibble---as long as it's coming out of his kong wobbler (this dog, he won't eat kibble from a bowl but he'll do tricks for it and eat it out of the wobbler). We actually call it his slot machine because he looks like he's pulling the handle on one when he plays with it. We do need to switch the kibble he's on, though, when this bag runs out. He's currently on Avoderm Puppy, but it's given him gas. We're going to switch him either to Wellness or Taste of the Wild, I think, once this bag runs out.

In other news, Fathead weighed the little sucker today---he's 12.2 pounds. He's getting so big!