Accomplishments in the last week

Bob has learned to come up the steps onto the deck, lift his leg to pee (occasionally), play tug with Daz sleep in a little crate (with no door, it just sits in his pen), run to his pen when he sees me getting his bowl ready and chase Neat out of the little dog bed when he wants to nap there (if you've seen Monsters, Inc, she sort of thinks of him like the monsters do children <g>). Started learning to stack like a good little show doggie.

What he has NOT learned is to sleep quietly all night.... <yawn!> I don't really think he wants out to pee. I think he's lonely. Poor guy!

Bed all to himself!

We've gone from this...

...to this.

This is hard work!

"stacking" with Auntie Pam

Good friend Pam Williams came over to visit Bob this afternoon.  Pam does the structural evaluations for many conformation and agility folks in the area. I value her opinion on canine structure. Bob is just over 6 weeks old, so really too soon for a real structural eval, but she did like what she saw AND she found his testicles (yay!). I never can find them...

He was not terribly cooperative about his rear today. (of course, this was after the testicle check... <g>) He was keeping the rear legs tucked under more than we wanted. He doesn't really have as much rear angle as this looks. 

I truly love his top line though. I will readily admit his mother's isn't as nice as I would like. The "hanging" picture is very representative of the puppy I see standing at alert in the yard. 

Big time wrestling

Yes, they are blurry, but that's because they were moving! Daz and Bob love to wrestle.

So funny!

I change out the set of toys in his pen every few days. Just did a total clean out of paper (though it really doesn't need it), mats and toys. He's just running from one thing to another checking it all out.

Is he still there?

Neat is somewhat less than enthusiastic about sharing her big comfy bed with Bob I'm afraid.

If I can't see him he's not really there!

But really, who could resist this face??

Bob learns steps

How big is Bob?

I know everyone thinks Bob is huge. Yes, he looks like a little polar bear. : ) So I decided to go back and compare him to Fada's other pups.

Piper (Fe) and Drummer (Ml) are from the Christmas 2009 litter. Daz (Fe) and Vettel (Ml) were born Feb 2011. And Bob, of course, June of this year.

                        Piper       Drummer                 Daz        Vettel                     Bob
Birth               6.3              6.6                          7.9          8.1                          7.5        (oz)
1 week           10.6oz        10.8oz                     1:4.6       1:05.8  (lb:oz)        13oz
2 weeks          1:04.1        1:04.8                     1:12.3     1:15                        1:6
3 weeks          1:11           1:13                        1:14.8     2:4.1                       1:11
4 weeks          2:02           2:04                        2:08        3:00                        1:15
5 weeks          3:04           3:08 (5.5 wks)         2:09        3:04                        2:05
6 weeks                                                           3:04        4:00                        2:11

Daz (top) and Vettel (bottom)

Piper (top) and Drummer (bottom)

Bob

How time flies!

Bob will be 6 weeks old tomorrow. I can't believe how fast it has gone! I have been taking pics all along, and you can see them on Google +. More blog updates on what Bob has been up to these past weeks coming soon, but for now, here is our first attempt at a "stacked" photo. Not easy, but this is the best we got.