Recovery...

Dash after our 9 month old left...

Dash meets someone his own size!

Our 9 month old niece is in town visiting from Virginia. We were nervous about Dash meeting her since he doesn't always do the best with new people, but he LOVED her! Her licked her hands, face, and feet while she giggled. 

Dash spent a lot of time following Norah around. She even pulled his tail and he didn't growl or anythig at her!

Playing in the rain...

The great thing about Dash is that even when it is raining, he doesn't care. As long as you are willing to walk him, he's willing to go with you!

Dash walking in the rain

What Dash has been up to...

Sorry that it has been so long since the last post, life just got away from me! Here is what Dash has been doing the past few weeks...

Rummage Sale Supervisor

A few weeks ago we had a rummage sale. Dash didn't want to miss a thing, so he spent most of the days sitting outside while people drooled over him. He absolutely loved getting pet by complete strangers!

Dash chewing on his bully stick during the rummage sale

Lying down on the job

Shopaholic 

Lately Dash has been chasing after everything with legs. We decided that he needed a harness during his walks. It took a few days for him to get used to it, but now he loves it!

Dash showing off his new harness

Player

Since Dash loves to play so much, we decided to make him a few dog puzzles. We simply place a few pieces of kibble in his puzzle and he spends 15-30 minutes trying to solve it. He gets really excited any time you bring it out!

Dash 5 minutes after he completed the puzzles

Helper

Dash loves helping with the household chores...

...well, he likes to sleep on the freshly folded laundry.

Salon Goer

Dash was getting pretty scruffy so we took him to see Lori and she gave him a new do!

Before...

Hey, where are my eyes!?

After

Handsome!

The new do took a lot out of him... he slept the entire drive home

Dash's Holiday Weekend

Dash had an exciting 4th of July weekend. On Thursday we had a neighborhood fire. Dash wanted to come with and this is what he did the entire time...

 

We tried to wake him up to play with the other dogs...

But he just wanted to sleep. He slept in on the 4th, too!

Dash snuggled with me the morning of the 4th 

A Peek at Dash's Week

Dash had a busy week last week! We have been working on Dash meeting the neighborhood dogs. He barks and barks whenever a dog passes by, so we figured it might help if he got to know the dogs. We have been on several walks with Tank. Dash wasn't too sure at first, but now looks forward to his time with Tank.

Keeping a safe distance

Sniffing it out

Getting braver

While I have been teaching summer school, Dash has been free to roam around the first floor of our home. For the first two weeks - no accidents (go, Dash)! Yesterday, when I arrived home I noticed he had peed on the living room rug. I think Dash holds his pee in the morning to mark certain spots and didn't mark enough. Today, I took Dash on a different route and came home to no accidents!

While I was cleaning up his accident yesterday I decided to vacuum the rug. Dash didn't like hated it. I have never heard him bark/cry like that. I think from now on one of us will take him for a walk while the other vacuums!

We have been working hard on teaching Dash a few simple commands. He is becoming more consistent with "sit" and "paw" without treats!

good boy! 

Dash gives me kisses as he also does paw

Yay Dash!

Today I decided to see how Dash would do if I went for a run... he can run for about .75 miles and then he's over it. He was awfully tired when we got home!

While I sat outside reading yesterday, Dash looked through the fence for his friend, Tank!

Dash looking for his friend! 

Dash is really learning how to play with his toys. He whips them around and will even bring them to me to throw. He will repeat this about three times and then he's over it. Considering he wouldn't even look at his toys when he arrived three weeks ago, he has come a long way!

Dash's favorite toy

We are off to pick up Tank for our walk!

Warm Snuggles

Dash is learning to play with toys more and more each day. He is starting to play fetch with his bully sticks, but isn't playing fetch with his toys. He enjoys playing with his toys by himself.

Dash playing by himself with his toys

After a long and exciting day of playing and being outside, Dash snuggled up in the blanket and slept the night away.

So in love with this little face

Snug as a bug in a rug