The first two weeks

Pippin has now been living here for just over two weeks. Here is an update on some of our activities.

We have been walking 2 times a day between 2 to 4 miles for the day. Pippin is doing very well on his walks and get so excited when I start putting on my walking shoes. He sits calmly while I put is harness on and off we go.

Dawn has been getting up in the mornings with us. Pippin likes to have her on the side of him while we walk. If Dawn gets ahead of us he wants to speed up until we catch her. He is learning his way around his neighbor hood and I thinks he know his way home now. He likes the back yard with all of the fountains.

He has his Service Dog license and we have been going to Walmart and other stores. He is so very good in the stores. He ignors 99% of the people even though a lot of them want to pet him. They are told that he is working and is not allow to be petted. However we are going to have to go the dog stores more often. We went in to Petsmart and he was just so very excited by all of the food, chews, dogs, dog smells etc. So we will have to work on that issue.

Bed time is really fun. He gets into his bed on the floor and waits for me to fall asleep. Once he hears me start to snoor he gets up on the bed and snuggles in. Waits for Dawn to get home and settles down with both of us. I never thought that Dawn would ever let Pippin sleep on the bed. Now she brings him up on the bed by her while she is reading and strokes and pets him. His snoring is much better here that in Virginia I think the climate is good for him here.

He goes potty on command while on lease (working on the off lease part) sits and stays most of the time. Overall doing very well for the first two weeks.