Beaches, Obedience Classes, and other things.

So, I spent the week with Marlo's family. But Marlo wasn't there! But they have another dog, a golden retriever, named Penny. She was a bit of a grouch though, and wouldn't play with me. I think she was mad at her family for bringing home ANOTHER pup for her to be annoyed with. But that's alright, I found plenty of other things to do. Then, they brought me to obedience class, and guess who showed up! MOMMY!! Man, I missed her a whole bunch. This was our last night at obedience class, and it was fun. First, we did cradling, as always, while Alisa went over her handout. Then we did some heeling, and sit/staying as well as some down/staying. I did fantastic at the sit/stay, but I'm not to good at down/stay. It's so hard! Oh! And you know what's even HARDER?? STAND/stay. Mommy had to hold me so I wouldn't sit, and then she told me it was okay, and I could sit. Some of us little pups (Camry, Dallas and I) joined in with the older group, since there was only Price, Marlo and Kuma. Here's a picture of our last obedience class together! The pups in it from left to right are Camry, Price, Cleo, Dallas, Marloe and me. The pups that were in the class, but either came late and missed the photo, (Kuma) or weren't there, were Maui, Fievel, Oceana, Kuma and Nidia.

And then yesterday, we went to the beach! It was a beach that didn't allow dogs, so I had to leave my vest on, but it was still fun! I got to sunbathe for a while, but then I got tired of that, and was hot, so I squished myself into this tiny bit of shade.

There were seagulls there, but I wasn't that interested in them. I liked making myself a bed with the sand better. Mom didn't enjoy that though, since I was getting so sandy. My mom took me for a walk, and that was fun. There were a ton of people saying "This is a no dogs allowed beach!" but the lifeguards didn't say anything, so we were fine. after going for my walk, I was pooped. So, I went to sleep. When I woke up, my mom got this crazy idea that she should tire me out, and take me for a run. Well, THAT wasn't happening. I put my brakes on and didn't move. So, she gave up. Oh! And those waves are so scary. At first, I wasn't sure what to do about them, and kept shying away. But then mom took me up to one and showed me that it wasn't scary. So, I tried taking a drink. Ugh. Never try that! It was disgusting! Anyway, it was lots of fun. My mom even buried my uncle in the sand. I thought it was so silly, because all you could see was his head. Where'd the rest of him go? Oh well. He has it back now!

After the beach, mom and I went to the Ventura meeting. At dinner, I was very whiny. I even barked once. But after mom corrected me, I did that sorta half bark, where you go through the movements of the bark, but it comes out a squeak. Then we went into the meeting. It was boring for me, but mom said it was interesting. At one point, while I was sleeping, the speaker started doing the strangest thing...She was backing up and clapping, just like mom does when she wants me to come to her. Since I had been sleeping, I just woke up, and didn't try to go to her or anything, but the rest of the puppies REALLY wanted to go to her. It was so funny! The Jewell's gave Mom and I a ride home, and I slept the whole way. When we got home and mom got out, I didn't even lift my head up or open my eyes. I was OUT! It was a fun day!! Sorry I don't have any pictures of the meeting. Mom didn't have the camera!

Puppy Swap!

Hey guys! Momma's going up north to Washington and Oregon in August, and she told me that I'm too young to go. She still wants to bring a puppy though! So, if there's anyone out there that has a puppy that's above a year old, and doesn't mind bringing an extra calm five month old into their home for about two weeks, can we swap? And also...It should be a very good representative for the school, because she will be getting to know a group of people for a week, and if she has a dog that doesn't sit still, then they're not going to think GDA is much of a school. So, anyone have time for a five month old, and doesn't mind not having their puppy for two weeks? Mom was going to bring Windsor, (PERFECT match for this trip!) but he was dropped!

I guess we could MAYBE even do an interschool change...I don't know what GDA would think of that though! Lol!

let me know!

Blitz

Hey guys! Just to let ya'll know, mom's sharing this account with me now. She has her own blog!

Not quite big enough...

Mom took these pictures of me today. They're with the "big-puppy" jacket on. Don't think I'm quite big enough...But that's okay. I've got another two months to grow! They don't usually put 'em on until you're six months old. (Remember, you can click on the picture to see it full sized.)

And here's another one mom took today.

Mom, hacking onto the account.

So, this is Blitz's mom. Blitz is sleeping, so I figured I could get on here and update about him! Don't tell him though!

Ever since the "incident" with getting out of the laundry room, Blitz hasn't been doing very good with the whole chewing thing. His favorite things to chew are apples out of the fruit basket. But he's doing a bit better now, because we've been working on it with him. And also, my sister Keliann undid about a months worth of training by giving him a TINY bite of table scraps. I'm so mad at her!! He's been begging for food now! Blitz is like that...You can't let him get away with ANYTHING, or else he does NOT understand why he can't do it anymore. After we picked him up from GDA, they told us he could ride on our laps that first trip home, but then he would have to go on the floor. MAN he did not like that. It took about a total of two hours longer of riding in the car to get him to stop trying to get in my lap. Jaylie was good in that sense though...I even let her on the bed by invitation, because she knew that she could not get up without permission. But Blitz would just not understand. That's the ONE fault I have found in him though. He's a GREAT puppy. Already, when he's still in his puppy stage, he molds his day around what I'm doing. If I'm sitting on the computer, he'll go to sleep. If I'm doing my chores or running around busily, he'll follow me around. It's so nice, because he's active when I need him to be, and inactive when I need him to be. And he's only four months! I can't wait to see what he'll be like at a year.

Well, I guess this is kind of turning into a brag post...But I got on here to tell you something he did five minutes ago. I was on the computer, when I realized he wasn't asleep at my feet anymore. I got up and started looking EVERYWHERE, calling his name, everything. Just when I started getting worried, I went back into my brothers room, just to make sure I hadn't missed him. I had. He was asleep in Morgan's toy tent. I guess he didn't want to sleep on normal old carpet! There were lots of blankets and clothes in there, and he loves being comfy. (I'm going to be getting him one of those costco beds as soon as possible! He'll love it!) Here's some pictures I took, because it was so adorable.

And here's just a picture of Blitz in the car.

And, last one, of him in a resturaunt.

Naughty naughty naughty....

I got into a bit of trouble today! Mom told me that it is "Independence Day," and that there would be lots and lots of loud noises. She didn't want me to get scared at the party she was going to, (Hmmph! Me, scared??) so she left me in the laundry room with music playing. Well, I was fine for about the first hour...But then I got bored. SOOO, I opened the door, (I can't tell you HOW I opened it though...That's a secret!) and then started doing what every normal puppy would do if let loose in a house, completely unsupervised. First, I attacked the pistachios. They didn't taste very good, but I had a good time throwing them about. Then I found one more interesting things...The underside of the carpet. We had spilled water earlier in the day, and were picking up the carpets so they could dry out. So that's how I got to the underside. I chewed up about a foot of that, but then....I had to go!! I went to the door, but no one came running to open it. So, I made my way back to the bedrooms, and onto the carpet. (Carpet feels most like grass.) and I went there. Then, after my big adventure, I was tired...And went to sleep in the bathroom. That's where I was when momma got home. She wasn't very happy that I got out! After cleaning up the pistachios, rug, and my....herm....accident, she cuddled with me. After all, it's not like I'm doing anything bad right now!

So, mom's definately not keeping me in the laundry room anymore...At least not until I'm older and can handle having run of the house!

Happy Fourth! (Not like I had anything to do with it.)

-Blitz

(Sidenote from mom.) I'm actually a LITTLE bit proud of Blitz...He was alone for six hours, and must have gotten out of the laundry room pretty much right away, because if he hadn't, his accident would have been in the laundry room instead of on the carpet. And also, he only chewed up a tiny piece of carpet, (NOT an important piece at all...We were going to throw it away.) and got out some pistachios. And he's only sixteen weeks! And also, he had to have been pretty smart to get out of the laundry room in the first place!!

-Kasey

I'm going to send a letter to my Sponsers!

This is what it'll say. (You've heard most of it, but it's alot more compact. Also, I'm not gonna put the pictures that I'm sending them in the post, since you've seen MOST of them anyway.)



Hi there! This is Blitz! I remember seeing you guys at Open House, and mommy said that I’m supposed to send you a letter all about me! Well, let me tell you….That’s my favorite subject!
First off, I’ll tell you about my personality, since this is my first letter. I am just about the mellowest dog you could ever meet! Puppies sleep a lot, but with most of them, when they are awake, they’re very energetic. Not me! There are times that I am energetic, but that always depends on what mom’s doing. If she’s doing something interesting, or interacting with me, than I’ll be very interested. But if she’s not paying attention to me, I’ll lay down and go to sleep, or settle just chewing on my toys. My favorite toy is a Kong filled with peanut butter, and then frozen. But I only get that once a week, because mom doesn’t want me to get overweight.
I love other puppies, but my favorite is the big dogs. Put me in a group of puppies my age, and I’ll sniff at ‘em, and maybe play a bit, but put me with a BIG dog, and I’ll play my heart out! Mom takes me to an obedience class, and there are about five other puppies in the group. We all get to play before we move onto the obedience, but I usually end up playing with the toys by myself. Once, the teacher didn’t get down some of the agility equipment before I got there, so I was walking through the tunnels, (below) going up and down the A-Frame (Above right) and everything! I was only ten weeks at that time, and the A-Frame was about six or seven times taller than me, but I wasn’t scared, that was fun! Then
there was a Brittany Spaniel that wanted to follow me up, but she was too scared. (My goodness…Girls sometimes!)
I am also, if I may say so myself, unusually smart. I learned the “Sit” command within the first twenty-four hours of me being with mom. I was housetrained within the first week, and got the whole heeling concept down within the first three weeks. (I’m not perfect at it yet of course, but I do know what I’m supposed to be doing.) I’m having some trouble with down though. I’m don’t need the lure anymore, but mom has to tap the ground to remind me what the word means. I’m TERRIFIC at “Stay!” I can wait for my food for up to three minutes. One time, I was being very impatient, and I knew I wasn’t supposed to actually EAT my food until mom said okay, so I tried telling mom how hungry I was by barking at my bowl of food. Mom didn’t listen though! She just put me back into my stay, and I had to wait another fifteen seconds. (Which I don’t think was fair!)
I am getting to the age now that I go virtually everywhere with mom. And then next week, I will be able to go to parks and places where other dogs have been too! (I will be getting my sixteen week old shots!) The first public place that I ever went to was The Home Depot. I was NOT impressed. Since I was only ten pounds at the time, mom just carried me around, and I slept. (Picture to the right!)
Other things I have done are going to a school for a talk on guide dogs, (Twice! Once with nine other puppies, (Picture to the right) and the other with only two. Both of them I was the youngest puppy by at least ten months.) going to puppy obedience classes, puppy meetings at GDA, Open House, going to grocery stores, department stores etc. with mom, going to three movies, (Pirates of the Carribbean III, Shrek the Third, and Fantastic Four 2. All of which I slept through!) going on a sailboat for a “Puppy Dockside Party,” and going to a friends graduation party. I have also been “puppy swapped” twice! Once with the Jewells, and mom got Harley, (I know! Isn’t that cool?) because she went to our schools graduation, and it was four hours long and she couldn’t exactly expect a twelve week old puppy to hold his bladder that long! The second time, because she was going to the park for eight and a half hours, and couldn’t leave me home that long, and obviously I couldn’t go. (She got Fievel, (Golden Retriever) and I went to the Evan’s.) Both times, the reports came back positive! At the Jewell’s, I figured out how to use the doggy-door, because I saw Diesel go through it.
At home, I’ve been getting into a routine. I wake mom up at about six to go “Get Busy,” then I eat, and then mom eats, and I just sort of lazy around. (Chew a toy, get a drink of water, sometimes ask to be let out to Busy again, etc.) At around seven or eight o’clock, all mom’s siblings and her mom start waking up. (I have four uncles, one aunt, and a grandma and grandpa. My grandpa leaves for work before I’m even up though.) Then everyone else gets busy (A term that’s NEVER used in our household, except for those “Special Occasions.”) on their morning routines, school, chores etc. until around two or three o’clock. Then, mom and I’ll either go for a walk, or play with a toy, or go to the neighbors. (They have a puppy that’s four days older than me.) I eat at around five, but I’m ALWAYS hungry by four. That’s when I put on my best puppy-dog eyes, and stand by the garage door, staring at mom. (The garage is where the dog food is kept.) I always follow mom around with my sad eyes and rumbling stomach, until it’s FINALLY five, and mom FINALLY picks up my dish, and takes me out to the garage. Sometimes I think I’m going to die of starvation before five comes! But then after dinner, my stomach’s full, my bladder’s empty, I’m tired out, and I am READY for a nice, LONG nap. Once, I decided that I wanted attention, and mom wasn’t giving me any at the moment. So, I walked into my crate and started barking to be let out. (Yes, the door was still open.) I don’t see what’s so funny about this, but my mom has been telling everyone about it.
Well, that’s all that I’ve got for my first letter to you guys. And I want to thank you SO much for sponsoring me! I think that everyone can have high hopes for me…I’ve got the perfect personality for a guide dog! (Or at least, that’s what mom says! Sorry, don’t mean to sound too full of myself!)
See you later!
Blitz, puppy in training.