Coda is an adorable puppy... Cute, companionable, energetic, playful, smart... & then he finds cat shit in the garden and eats it! Pulling poop out of his mouth is my least favorite task related to Coda!
We are walking a lot and we are both enjoying it! Today we managed 1.5 miles :) Dr Frankel should be pleased with me when I see her next month. When we discussed getting a puppy, Skip put some conditions on us having one... It would have to go to the vet regularly, take obedience classes and be walked plenty! I am doing all of these things and am deservedly feeling rather pleased with myself. Yes, I am being a good and responsible dog owner :)
Our puppy training class this past Sunday was the toughest one yet... I arrived early enough that I was able to walk Coda for 15 mins so that he was as mellow as possible. When we got to the car, Taylor the springer spaniel from our class was arriving and Coda went nuts barking at her so that I had to drag him away. Our class had a new puppy, if you can call him that-a 6 month old Great Dane that was huge and also very timid! Coda was incredibly distracted for the entire class. The trainer told me that she had two other cocker spaniel puppies in her classes and all of them are "ADHD".. Majorly distracted and hyperactive! I asked her at the end of the class what I could do and she said that Coda obviously knows the commands but then just gets distracted!
Coda has really improved related to the clippers. He has let me use them on his face as long as I can feed him liver treats... His hair around his face is all short and he looks so cute! I took the photo of him sitting below today. The other photo shows just how fast he is... For every good photo of him, there are 50 more with only parts of his body in the shot or blurred.
Our best new trick of the week is training Coda to walk on a loose leash... I have a stick that I am spreading peanut butter on and then I walk with the stick at my side and he follows along in perfect heel position! See sometimes he is a complete genius :)
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