First day home alone

I was very nervous about leaving Neumann home alone today when I went to work. I really wanted to bring him to work with me, but my schedule was way to crazy today due to missing two days of school last week. I would have gotten nothing done and played with him all day! So I loaded up his treat ball with his breakfast, gave him a frozen bone filled with food, and many toys to entertain him during the day. He had an ex pen full of stuff to keep himself occupied all day. I expected to return to find a messy puppy but to my surprise, he had used his pee pad several times during the day and waiting until I got home to go poop. What a good boy he is!
Tonight he came to the training building with me to explore and to do some training. He is certainly a bit timid, but once he gets it, he has got it! We worked on front feet on the perch, then all feet on, walking over it and then for the big finale, sitting on it. No problems there! Next, walking over the lowered contact trainer. He was hesitent to approach but eventually came and put his front feet on it, I could see in his little eyes that he really wanted to do it! At one point he backed himself up and then ran as hard as he could about half way up. He munched a few treats and then walked back down the same side he ran up. Pretty brave for a little guy! He really likes to chase the little tennis balls and tonight he picked up and carried a big ball. Then he had play time with big sister Starr. He was growling and barking at her, very cute considering how small he is compared to her! His confidence is building...

Neumann is home!

Suzie, Lillie(welsh terrier), Maggie Mae(welsh terrier) and myself made the trip to Toledo, OH on Friday. Neumann's mom, Becky drove up from TN on Thursday with the three puppies and their half brother. She brought Neumann to the hotel on Saturday morning. He enjoyed exploring the room after he warmed up, and then took a nice long pee on a pad and then followed up with a nice big poop! It was time to hit the road as it was snowing quite a bit. Slow going for about 90 minutes but as soon as we hit IN it cleared. Stopped a few times for potty breaks and arrived at Sue Shannon's house in Saukeville, WI around 4:30. Neumann got to run around their heated garage, take a nice long pee, play with Lillie and Cody(welsh terrier) and then another poop. He met Skye and Starr at my parents and then one more car ride to my house. He settled in nicely, exploring every nook and cranny, learning it is not a good idea to jump on Starr's back and figuring out that with a running start he could jump up onto the couch! He slept throught the night and it all starts again. Maggie and Neumann are now playbowing back and forth with each other in the kitchen through the ex pen. I think Maggie likes him, but everytime I go to watch her play with him, she stops. Will try to get that on video. More later...