12 Weeks!

Well, Rufus is 12 weeks old.  He went to the Vet yesterday for his 3rd round of shots and weighed in at 16.8 lbs. (I was supposed to take a picture, but I didn't).  He is doing very well, the Vet said he looks real good. We have been working on his retrieving training.  I use 2 small stuffed animals in the hallway with all the doors shut and alternate tossing each one to the other end.  When he brings it back, I toss the other one.  He is doing real good.  He does not like the leash too much though, he still fights it a little so we've been takin it slow.  Doc says not to take him out untill after the next round of shots in 4 weeks, plenty of time for leash training.  He is a smart little rascal....he has me pegged- sg

Movin-on-Up

11 weeks now and growing like 2 weeds!  Rufus finally grew out of the "apartment" and moved into the condo!  With this much space.... he looks so small.

Rufus goes back to the vet on Monday for 12 week shots. Time flies!

Well, I guess I'm not very good at keeping up with the updates.  Rufus is growing!  He is getting taller as I type.  I think he grows about 2 inches a day.  Yesterday, Rufus got his first "ouwy".  He was wrastling with our Daughters jack russell when, out of now where they ran into the back door all tangled up.  Well his hind foot slipped under the door and split a toe-nail open.  Nothing too serious, but boy he played that up and whined like someone was stealin his best beany baby! This puppy thing is wearin me out -sg

A Quick Photo Update

Here are some pictures we recently took of Rufus. You can tell by these that he has gotten taller. It's pretty crazy to see how fast they grow as a puppy.

Bed Time

Well..... he finally did it! As you can see in the photo, this is where Rufus sleeps.  He gets a little "playpen" area where he gets to eat without his step brother and sister gettin his food.  When Rufus gets tired he turns into the tasmanian devil.  At this point we put him in his area and he goes right to bed.  His usual bedtime has been 9:00pm +/- 10 to 15 minutes.  Well, this afternoon he was particularly fiesty and had some really hard playtime.  It's 8:15pm and Rufus decided he'd had enough.  As we were rocking in the recliner watching the tv, he just hopped off my lap and headed straight to bed.  9 weeks..... amazing! -sg

"Vet-Check"

Made a visit to Dr. Thurman at Thurman Veterinarian Hospital. Rufus had his 2nd round of shots today, he is officially 9 weeks along.  Rufus weighed-in at a whopping 11.5 lbs..  Dr. Thurman was about to enter surgey so there was little time to discuss Rufus' future.  We did talk about the rest of his "shots" routine and when to do the rattlesnake anti-venom.  Rattlesnake  anti-venom is a must-do for hunting dogs so it will slow down the reaction time in case of a bite in the field.  This extra time will allow for getting to the hospital before its "curtains"!  Rufus is growing like a weed and really makin it rough on the other canines of this house.