Harley is a new addition to our family. My mother-in-law got him for Valentine's Day a couple of days ago. He's about 9 weeks old and a little Chihuahua. He's the cutest little dog. Even though he doesn't live with us, I do get to babysit him every now and then. In this picture he's sleeping in my arms while I was watching a movie. He loves to sleep in people's arms. Harley is very playful and attentive; so much so that I was able to teach him "sit" within ten minutes!
Well, while we're anxiously waiting on Harley to get a little bit bigger, Murphy and I are continuing to go to Obedience Class and using our book "101 dog tricks" (see last post). This week in class we learned "stand" (which we still have to work on a lot!!) and we went trough the first couple of pages of the book. The first tricks were all quite basic and Murphy already knew them ("sit", "down", "stay", "come" - though we are still working on the "stay" and "come" so they become more reliable). He also already knew "shake hands" (left and right) and it turns out that distinguishing between both hands is not as hard as I thought it would be. Now we're working on getting the "fetch it" , "take it", "drop it" and "give it" more reliable and Murphy is having fun practicing all of that each day.
Later today we'll drive out to the lake where a friend of mine lives (she has 3 dogs permanently and fosters dogs every now and then) and go on a walk. I think that is Murphy's highlight of the week, he really enjoys himself out there.
Have a great weekend everybody and I'll catch up with you later!
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