Boone update :)

Boone is officially 2 months old today! He went to the vet on Tuesday for his 9-way shots and some other medicine. He weighs 15 1/2 pounds now! That's a 3 pound weight gain in a week ha! His tummy has gotten regular and he only has one more day of antibiotics. They gave us this flea, tick, and heartworm drops to put on the back of his neck. It was cool because I've never seen heartworm medicine not in pill form. The medicine also came with this awesome ID tag. You go to this website, getmehome.com, register your dog, and put this little tag on their collar that has an ID number on it. If he gets lost, God forbid, whoever finds him can go to this website and type in the ID number and it will pop up his information! :) We are still having issues with peeing in the house, however, he hates to poop inside so that's great! I worked nights this week and I was really nervous about how he would handle it. After the first night was a little rough. I realized real quick that I need to have a system down. For instance, I get home, let him out, put him back in his crate with his breakfast and his water while I take a shower, and then take him out again and play with him for a good hour before going to bed. Today was much smoother! He also LOVES his crate. He will crawl in there and go to sleep on his own. The vet tech was amazed because she had another puppy in the other room that was 4 months and HATED his crate. Bottom line, my dog is awesome :) The biggest thing Boone is having a problem with is walking on his leash. He absolutely hates it. I have been reading The Dog Whisperer's blog about training them on a leash. The tips have really helped. That guy really is a dog whisperer ha. For instance, I brought the leash out and just put it on him and let him run outside. At first, he was trying to run away from it, which was hilarious. Then after a while, he almost forgot it was there. I would occasionally pick it up and call him to me and praise him. Then I walked a little ways with him but gave the leash tons of slack and pretty much let him go wherever he wanted. After about 20 min he was just following me around as if it wasn't even there. I kept telling myself I was the "pack leader" like Caesar said to do and it helped! haha! There's a lot to be said for positive energy :) We still need lots of practice but I know he needs to get it down before he outweighs me. Then I will be screwed if he's not trained haha! We might try some obedience classes, too. We are going home next week to see the grandparents and we can't wait!!!