Discovery

Bender discovered the toilet paper roll holder this morning! I was brushing my teeth and could hear him doing something--eventually he fled the bathroom with the remainder of the roll in his mouth. I hope by tonight he forgets about that fun game!

Last night we went to training, but Bender didn't do much work as the training site was very close to a road and Bender's off-lead behavior is just not reliable enough to take the risk. He got to play (on lead) but didn't do any serious training.

He is starting to be a bit more of a handful (in a typical puppy way) and I am still down one hand so the dynamics are becoming interesting. I can't really pick him up anymore (he squirms, is big, and it hurts my broken finger if he wiggles the wrong way). He is doing much better on the lead and he actually went with me to PetSmart the other day. I need leather gloves to hold the other end of the lead, so I think we may try the Gentle Leader or Halti collar to see if that helps with the pulling. All the aisles of fun things to put in his mouth, the other dogs and all the people--I think you call it "over-stim!" We will try again this weekend.