Time for Something New

Last weekend Johnny was asked not to return to Doggie Day Camp.  This was DEVASTATING for me, because I am pretty sure I love it just as much as he does (who does not like their puppy to be happy all day long and exhausted when he comes home?!).  No, Johnny's not aggressive, he just likes to play, and he doesn't take "no" for an answer.
Yesterday, Brian and I checked out 4 new doggie day care places to make sure they could handle our Lil' Johnny. We struck gold with 2 out of 4, and one of them was especially great!  With our long hours (especially while Brian is in school) and tight budget, we needed some place that was cheap and would take Johnny all day long.  Luckily, of the two we found, one is by our house (with a second location by the in-laws) and the other is by my office which will offer us lots of options!
I told Johnny all about them and he can't wait to check them out.  Here's hoping he passes the evaluations...!!

Firsts

In the past month, we've celebrated many firsts with Johnny including:

Johnny's first big test-

Before

This is your ONLY chance to climb on the new furniture!

After (yes, that's Austin Powers)

Enjoying the new furniture!

Johnny's first Kansas Final Four-

Rock Chalk!

Go Jayhawks!

Johnny's first birthday!-

Looking for a place for his first 1 year old poop

Johnny being Johnny

"I'm not looking at you, Mom.  Flying leaves are way cooler!"

Doing the Sara head tilt

Other firsts: Johnny's first nap at Doggie Day Camp, Johnny's first detention at Doggie Day Camp, Johnny's first night with Jeff (THANK YOU!!)

Like Father, Like Son

Agility Competition

Last night was Johnny's last night of agility training and it was full of prizes!  I'm not normally the most competitive person, but I got pretty competitive in honor of Brian since he couldn't be there (ok... maybe I was just a little into it myself...).  Johnny was a rock star!

The obstacle course was comprised of all 8 obstacles we learned over the last 6 weeks: see-saw, hoop, weave poles, balance beam, crawling under, high jump, and A-frame.  Each of the three dogs in the class got to do the course five times.  Prizes were given out for best overall time, best average time, and for a perfect round regardless of time.

Johnny's scores were:
34 seconds
25 seconds
24 seconds
22 seconds
20 seconds (he had his leash on for this one because he was being a butt hole after round 4 and needed to get under control... think how fast he could have been with it off!!)

The fastest time was 17 seconds.  Bummer.

The fastest average time was JOHNNY!!  He was a rock star and I was so very proud!

Johnny also got a prize for having a perfect round (although I don't know which one)!

Too bad rawhides won't stay on a shelf like trophies.

Agility at Home

Johnny and I have been taking agility classes together for the last 5 weeks.  Tonight was our second to last class (sad day), so I figure it's finally time to at least post some practice videos.

I have a video of him jumping through a hoola hoop, but it won't upload (I think the file is too big!).  I'll have to generalize my work video-editing knowledge to home and see what I can do to fix it!  Meanwhile, enjoy the weave poles (chairs).

Family Nap

Yes, Mom, he is on the chair.

Sleeping on me.

Where's my pillow?!

The Many Nicknames of Lil' Johnny

Johnny... Johnny Boy... JB... Asshole... Sweet Puppy... Jonathan... Jonnerson... Dumbass... Johnny B Good... J-Dog... Jonathan Silverman Aronson... J-Dizzle... UGHHHHHHH... Lil' J... King Johnny... Dorky's Uncle...

Johnny helping me type this blog post.