Happy Halloween

Geordi at 5 months

Geordi lost his first puppy tooth today. He is nearly 20 lbs and is a nipping a lot less (but not 100% nip-free just yet). He knows: Sit, Down, Wait, Come, Shake (paw), Fetch, Catch, Go Home (into crate), and Place (onto a designated rug in the kitchen). He loves to be combed, belly-rubbed, and often leans his head and furry warm body against our legs. When he comes out of his crate in the morning, he sleepily arches his back like a cat. He's always ready to play!

He likes to use my lap as a couch. He loves his Nylabone (wolf-version), steals socks and towels, and when he naps he looks like a sea lion on its side. He jumps triumphantly from the couch when we tell him to Get Off and loves to be chased. He is an expert going up and down the stairs at full speed. He has discovered wood and my hair. The dishwasher scared him for a day. He ate a piece off of the exercise bike foot pedal.

He often urinates on the people and/or pets he greets, because they are SOOOO exciting! They don't seem to mind, though. His paws are always active and grabbing and touching and oh so cute.

He smells lightly of corn flakes...Geordi is a good dog.

I Stole a Towel

First Groom...Before and After. Agh Too Short!

Geordi was due for his Frontline treatment soon and was soooo hairy that we decided it was time for a groom (nails were already done at vets a few weeks ago). Every time we went out, people would come from far off and dote on him and pet him and ask what breed he was. He was THAT CUTE! I can't tell you the number of men and women (who already had dogs) whose jaw dropped when they saw Geordi. (They didn't even mind when he excitedly peed on their shoes...)

And then we got him groomed...now mind you, it was OUR first grooming order, so next time we hvae some more ideas on what we want. I give a lot of credit to the groomer for dealing with an active new puppy, but she certainly didn't investigate a whole lot into what we may have wanted and was not very helpful in giving options.

We were pretty clear that we wanted to retain the 'teddy bear' doodle appearance, and that we just wanted a nice, cleaned up look with a sanitary cut in the rear (for poop purposes)...

What we got was a skinny mongrel Geordi who came out looking like a poodle (AGHHH!). Not being fans of poodles in the least, we were shocked and crestfallen, but oh well chalk it up to lack of experience. The positive is that Geordi will be nice and cool in this accursed 100 degrees+ weather. In the meantime, he looks ugly. Hah.