Graduation Time!!

HIP HIP HOORAY!! Hines has graduated puppy class. We are sooo proud of him!! He did really good today. He even had a crowd form watching his sit and stay. I think that its partly because he didn't feel good but we will take it. He now knows watch me, leave it, sit, down, stay, sit and stay, down and stay, come when called, and we started working on heel. :) Such a good boy!!! LOVE HIM!

Pool Time :)

Hines cooled off in his pool again last week! He is still LOVIN the water! And he is getting so big that it looks like we may need a bigger pool here soon! He really liked bobbing for ice cubes :)

Sorry...

So I am a slacker... I haven't blogged in a couple weeks. Nothing much has changed but the size of our beast. Last week at the vet he weighed in at 43.7 lbs. BIG BOY!! He is able to get on the couch and bed on his own now. NOT a good thing LOL. I got out of the shower the other day to find this.



Haha! What a Ham!! And a couple weekends ago we went to the river. Hines ended up cooling off in the cold hot tub :) He had fun splashing around with his new buddy :)






His Aunt Katie and Uncle Chuck are coming in today so there will most likely be a new blog soon :)

Weekly update...

Hines is now 36.4lbs at 14 weeks :) He is sooooo full of life and personality!! Just a doll!


After his first time in a big pool :) He was a good swimmer but Im not sure he liked it very much!

Flashback...

So our lil Hines is getting SO BIG SO FAST!! I wanted to share this little video of when we first got him. Just 5 and a half weeks ago! :)


I just LOVE that little head tilt!!! He is just the SWEETEST thing!! Since I was off tonight we went to the Brewery to socialize. I grabbed this shot on the way. Hines is big enough to see out the window in the hummer!! :) He was able to visit with my hooping buddies for a while. He just loves those girls!

Hines is a mommy's boy! Not that he has a choice! LOL But he just LOVES his Momma A!! He follows her everywhere :)

And of course I have to throw in this shot :) He is so full of personality!!

13 weeks - 34.3lbs

Hines had his first puppy manners class this week. He was the star of the class!! :) There was a huge not so calm pit bull in the class causing a scene and Hines just sat and stayed calm. Barely even paid any attention to him!! Must be the aggressive tendencies that Dr. Spier saw in him (rolling my eyes). Although I have to admit the pit made me a little nervous. I was deciding in my head the whole time which limb I would sacrifice to protect Hines if he got loose. LOL We worked on the "watch me" command this week. Andrea (our trainer) used Hines as the example for the class and he did not disappoint! He held the command for 5 seconds already!! :) YAY HINES!! We are so proud of our boy!! So our homework for the week was to give Hines 3 new experiences before next weeks class. We didn't waste any time getting started. We took Hines to Pet Smart for a bit and then went and had lunch at Jolli Mons :) He did soooo good!! We practiced our new command and he did very well even with all the distractions of the busy patio.

The big 3-0!

Thats it! We weighted Hines for his weekly weigh in on Monday and he has hit 30 lbs! He is turning into a beast! :)

He went to see Dr. Todd today for his neuter. He did GREAT!!! The procedure didn't take but about 20 mins and Dr. Todd said it was completely routine :) Yay!! Hines wouldn't know any difference. He is running all over wanting to play and eat everything in sight :) Only thing is that he has to wear a silly cone on his head cause he thought it would be a good idea to lick on his incision. He looks so cute in it though!



We were initially told that he would have to spend the night to be "monitored". However, since we were told at drop off that no one would be with him to actually monitor him for 13 hrs, we decided that it was in his best interest for us to bring him home. That being said, Hines (and his mommies) would like to extend a VERY SPECIAL THANKS to his Auntie Jenn!!! She picked him up from Dr. Todd while his mommies were at work and in Sarasota! She is a very special friend and we LOVE HER DEARLY!!! THANK YOU AUNTIE JENN!!


Aren't they adorable?!?! Also Hines has learned a new trick this week. He can High 5!!! And not even the silly cone will stop him LOL