July 17th, 2017

Hello Rhonda and Stephanie,

​I wanted to give you guys an update on Mr. Blue (Louie) after a month of being home! He has grown leaps and bounds these last 4 weeks not just physically but mentally. He absolutely loves learning new things and has such a great work ethic I find I need to challenge myself to challenge him! At 13 weeks old he can walk with a loose leash and sit at ever curb and wait for my command, I am so impressed with him every day! He knows; sit, stay, come, roll over, play dead. lay down and now we are working on "clean up" to pick up all his toys :) We have been working on his impulse control and I can now fit three treats on his paw while he waits patiently for me to give him the "OK". He is the star of his puppy class and the trainers always comment on what a confident and happy puppy he is, no doubt from the practices you've implemented those first 8 weeks.

This past Saturday Nik and I took him to the farmers market and he did unbelievably well. He soaked up all the attention with so many hands in his face and children with sticky fingers oohing and awhing over him. With all those distractions he still would follow every command I gave him! He is so quiet and calm when meeting new people or going new places. He has come to work with me and loves, loves loves other dogs big and small. He shares toys and sticks with all the dogs and loves to wrestle. We also took him to the lake the other day and he jumped right in the water (SO PROUD)!! 

He is fully potty trained and has a lovely appetite, which we are so thankful for! I simply could not be any happier with him. Thank you so much for such an amazing puppy, he is everything we wanted and more :)

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