Happy Fifth "Month-iversary" Bonaparte!

My day today!

Bonaparte is five months old today!!! And look how fuzzy he’s gotten. He always was fuzzy, but is even more so now without being a total fur ball. 

Last weight on the 8^th of this month was 4.8 pounds. He hasn’t yet hit the big 5, but will in the next month or so I’m sure. He is making great progress on house breaking. He’s responding well to the training we’re taking at PetsMart and we are considering signing up for the next level, intermediate. I think it would be beneficial for both/all of us if we continue. He likes it (well, really likes the treats!) and I feel it will make our life together much easier if he listens and obeys.

Day we brought him home at 10 weeks

 Bonaparte loves it when ‘Papa’ gets home and spends about 15 to 20 minutes playing with him. They have bonded quite well now. He loves cuddling, chewing on his ‘bones,’ and his new ramp and play area outside. He also likes eating dirt, so we have to watch his diet outside!

 

Today five months old!

Not three months old yet

I am trying to make sure we spend an hour or so apart every day to try and help with the separation anxiety he seems to have a bit of. He’ll really have to get over it at the end of this week when I head off for a writer’s conference in Florida. He’ll be staying with Rubin and Frank, his schnauzer pals down the way for the majority of four days. Good luck dear friends and thanks for taking him on!

Outside on the deck loving the sun, but not in my eyes.

 

Bonaparte News in September

So, it’s over time for an update on our little-getting-bigger (sort of) Bonaparte puppy, who is cuter than real life expects to be. Boney is now four months old and at last weigh-in had reached 4.2 pounds! That means he’s gained half a pound since I picked him up on July 31. He has a clean bill of health from Dr. McCall so we are happy.

 

News is: 

Louis

We went to NC for Labor Day and Boney traveled like a pro. No problems whatsoever, and once we arrived, he met a new friend and found a bevvy of admirers! 

He played well with Louis (our other family dog, a Shih tzu) and not only adapted well but enjoyed living at the Buie-Jennings household. 

                                                 

He loved meeting his "brother and sister" Tristan and Marjorie, and making them fall head over for him...

 

 

I finally braved up and clipped his nails by myself for the first time, and didn’t hurt him!

 We have found a food he LOVES and he’s now eating like he actually likes to instead of because he must. Cleans his bowl every time. This magical food is Blue Buffalo “Wilderness” puppy food. http://www.bluebuffalo.com/dog-food/wilderness-puppy

I wonder how much he’ll weigh next time since he's decided to really partake of food!

We are taking Puppy Training classes at PetsMart! http://pets.petsmart.com/services/training/

This is exciting for me because Boney is starting to respond (especially when treats are involved!) and it’s making life so much easier for all of us. Plus it’s so fun to see his little self in there with the monster (big but gorgeous and gentle) long-haired German Sheppard and the sweet natured Bloodhound. Boney looks like a toy dog next to them! We’ve learned “Watch me”, “Leave it (or ‘Laisse le’, which is the same thing in French, yes he’s a bilingual dog!)”, “Sit”, and “With me (which is how I tell him to walk with me)”. He had already learned to go to his crate when I say “In the Crate” to him since I started that almost right away. Our next class is this coming Monday. We’ve been practicing every day, so our trainer will be happy with us.

Boney likes to look out the window of my office while I work. I put a little box down reversed so he can use it as a step up to the windowsill and he loves it. I keep his crate in the office as well while I work and when he gets sleepy he abandons me for it and takes a nap. We have a little routine going now.

So, that is the newest news on the little tyke and his adventures.

Images from:

http://www.bluebuffalo.com/

http://stores.petsmart.com/Store/Details/1442