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by elvisandmojo on 2/16/2009 at 11:53 AM in Progress

Elvis and Mojo were introduced to Brittany (my MIL's dog). Both did well at Nana's and were well behaved and after some sniffing of each other they got along well with Brittany. I'm doing the happy dance as Nana could be dog sitter #1!

They are great on the steps now. Getting to the point of going down and whining at the door. I'm knocking on wood as we still have the occassional accident but that hasn't involved any "logs" as of late. Just puddles!

The trainer comes again on Saturday and I'm hoping that she will be impressed with their behavior as well. They do want to get onto the furniture though. This is usually corrected with an "OFF" followed by "Good Off". Come works in the house but tends to be unheard when outside (I think it is because they have so much to explore out there). We continue working with the leashes and although I know I should be walking them on the left side, I just want them to walk so I'm a little lax on which side. They have been staying with both Bob and I so we are happy with this.

At the last visit both were 17#'s. It didn't take long for Elvis to catch up with Mojo in the weight category. Now it seems that Mojo is no slouch in the "picking on your brother" category either. I feel like Michael Vick lives with us on some days (and I'm may end up sounding like a broken record on that one) as they can really get going on one another.

Teeth brushing and nail clipping are both going great. It is funny when brushing one dogs teeth the other wants to be licking the toothpaste off.
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by elvisandmojo on 2/9/2009 at 2:45 PM in Progress

The weather started warming up this past weekend and yes, the boys saw their first glimpse of grass. I think they were very excited to sniff and chew in the open patches of grass. I will be glad for spring when I can designate a pooping spot for them that is not in the gravel driveway.

They started going down the stairs from our living area to the front door. Our house is built over two four car garages so the living space is on the top floor. We were carrying them down the stairs and then letting them go "up" the stairs. Now I find that our daughter has been working with them and that they can make it down all of the steps pretty well. This is a great thing as I think I may have muscle strain in my back and neck from hauling the little beasts down the steps. They continue getting heavier and heavier. I'm very interested to see their next weight at the vets.

Both boys will now sit and wait for their food dishes. I made them a fabric bowl type toy box for their growing amount of toys. They clawed at the fabric until they had one of the corners torn out of the seam. So, I took it away and stitched all the fabric down (originally I had the large parts only fused) and now they still try pawing at it but the fabric isn't moving. They are loving the rawhide bones though as well as the tennis ball/rope toys.
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