Dan on the 4th of July

Dan's pretty excited by the fireworks. ;-)
Must be some security in sleeping under the piano.

Upside down dog

Dan's an upside down dog. He spends an unusual amount of time of his back - sleeping, basking in the sun, chewing on his toys, getting his tummy rubbed. It's pretty funny.

Dan's Pillow Person (by Jim)

Rarely does Mary Jo get pictures of herself to post to the blog. Here she is, enjoying the company of Dan. Or, is he enjoying the company of Mary Jo? Or, are they both happy?

 Here Dan lounges comfortably on his pillow person, who comfortably snuggles with the puppy.

And I would happily change places with either of them.

Boys will be boys

Jim and Dan having fun after dinner.

Lunch with Dan

Jim and I had lunch at our favorite deli today and Dan, of course, went with us. Here's a picture of Dan at the counter and another of him snoozing under the table. Good boy!

And we toasted Fred, France's brother, who is graduating today in Oregon.

And France, who's in Phase 2.

Late night snuggles

Jim and Dan get in a few late night snuggles. Sweet puppy. Great shirt.

12 week old puppies

I had this picture of France when he was 12 weeks old. That was quite a while ago -- April 2011. 

France is all grown up now and is in Phase 0 of his formal training. He is tall and lanky, just like his Daddy, Ozzie. And France has a sweet, gentle personality. He was fairly timid for most of his puppyhood, but seemed to come into his own just about 5 or 6 weeks before his recall. France is the first of our puppies to actually be recalled. Both Maren and Silky were cc'd at the last minute.

Now for Dan: Here's Dan, who will be 12 weeks old tomorrow. And, just for his birthday, he gets to meet Dr. Vet and get his 12-week puppy shots. Oh, boy!

Dan is settling in. He's been here for nearly 2 weeks. Dan is super cuddly and wants to spend all day on someone's lap. We're working on his oral fixation -- seems to need to have something in his mouth all the time and he doesn't really care if it's a nylabone or one of my fingers. He's never met a leaf he didn't like.

Dan's quite confident, walks pretty well on the leash and is mastering relieving out doors - although that is still a work in progress.