I did bring him home.

OMG. I found myself saying "Good BOY Jacks" every couple minutes today and completely appreciating how gentlemanly he has been with the puppy. And playful. In fact, just a few minutes ago I had to take all his toys out of the room because he was trying to get the puppy to play with him. No mounting. No hormonal stress-outs. No growling or even looking like he's thinking of growling.

I'm sitting on my bed atm with Jacks laying in his usual spot on the pillows sound asleep. The pup (we are leaning towards naming him either James or Michael) is to my left at the foot of the bed and he's burrowed in against the crack of the wall and the foot boards where its cooler. He is a total hot water bottle! And hates being warm. And he wants to be right there with us. Or sleeping with Jacks. <- Like I was eating my supper and Jacks was sleeping under the table by my feet, and the kiddo went in and puppy piled with his big brother. And Jacks was happy to let him!

Puppy hasn't barked once. He nommed ALL his food down, with Jacks patiently waiting nearby for leftovers (there were a couple pieces for him). Refused to drink out of the big dog's bowl (I had to put out a cereal bowl for him to drink out of).

I haven't tried any training so far other than encouraging "comes" and training the "go duty" command. He's going to the vet tomorrow.

I can see already he is fearless and goes with the flow. I think he already likes me. I'm not exactly doing the umbilical cord thing with him, but he wants to be right there in my face or underfoot.

He already likes being groomed and stands quite nicely while I brush him out (every time he went zooming around outside, he got covered with burrs).

Probably the only show of timidity that I've seen so far was when Jacks was barking (trying to get us to play) and he came running to me to sit quietly behind me.

My bedroom smells like puppy breath - despite his breath not smelling quite as bad as if he were 1-2 weeks younger.

But yep - Jacks already LOVES him.

And they left his dew claws on!!!!!! Which hopefullly means he will be easy to do toenails with.



More pics tomorrow. We had a wintry mix going on out there while I took the few pics I did. It was rain and snow with some pebbly things falling too. So I hurried up and snapped as many as I could and ushered both boys inside.

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Always loved, never forgotten, all our previous boys -

Congrats on the newest addition!

Sounds like so much fun . . .great that he and Jacks are getting on so well . . . looking forward to more pictures and stories.

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Zoe, Rockwall Nantucket Breeze, BN, CGC, Delta therapy dog
Zeke, our introduction to the world of Golden Retrievers

Hey - congratulations Sounds like a great match!

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Golden moments shared with
Casey, Faelan, Towhee & Brady too !

and forever in my heart, my golden Bridge boys
Rowdy & King

He is a DOLL!! So, stinking cute!! Huge congrats Kate!!! Can't wait for more pictures!!

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CH Lakewood's Gonna B A RockStar JH CGC "Remi"
CH Lakewood's Bringin' Out Da Big Guns "Cannon"
Rhythm's Dat's Da Way I Like It "KC"

Congrats, have fun!

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Jodie

AJ's Maiden By the Sea CDX RE (Annabel - retired)
Mud E Paws UDX OM2 RE OBHF (Conner - retired with 28 OTCH points)
Sunfire's Flying Head Over Heels UD BN RA (Flip)
And the odd one of the family - Colby Jack Teeter Smack CDX GO RA (Colby - Lhasa Apso)

So...



.... think they like each other?

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Always loved, never forgotten, all our previous boys -

Hey wonderful ! Great looking pup


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I'm starting to remember why I never wanted to put a training collar on Jacks that first year.... and didn't.

I pulled out all of our puppy collars and thankfully the smallest one fits (I think it was Danny's old collar). Pup is starting to learn how to walk on leash. And I'm so aware of how little he is.

And we are still waffling about names.

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Always loved, never forgotten, all our previous boys -

He is so precious!! Congrats on your newest addition!

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