She's a new student in obedience class!! Yay!!! We found an awesome trainer that comes to our home every two weeks to "school" us and Bella. As she says, "it's 75% owner training and 25% dog training". We have been amazed with Bella's progress after just two lessons. Not that she was a horrible dog to begin with but I had definitely taken us down a naughty road by letting her become alpha dog of the house. I had forgotten that MOM is ALWAYS alpha dog!
It's funny how I would never think of letting my husband or kids go a day without reminding them who is queen of the house but I'll just let that dog slide right on by! She is my third child, my baby. But, we are getting our home in order again.
She has done very well. So far she has learned to be very well mannered when guests come over (not sniff or lick them to death!), eat her food when it's put in front of her (no more grazing all day long when she feels like it), lets mom go out the door first (alpha dog thing!), patiently waiting her turn in "line" for affection (when daddy comes home he greets mom first, then kids, then Bella), and NO MORE LOUNGING ON MOM'S MASTER BED!
Here is our secret training tool. . . .I'll let you guess how Altoids work on training a dog. ;)
She just had her second lesson and now we are learning to sit and stay until given the command to move. We practice about three times daily for 10-15 minutes at a time. So far she has been perfect. I am amazed!
I'm loving all this dog stuff I'm learning. It all makes perfect sense and MOST of it can even be applied to my 2 year old son! :)
Love, love, love Gill Hepple! If you are looking for a trainer look no more. Just contact her here! She's phenomenal and will make an awesome difference if you follow her directions and do the work required.
Is she not just drop dead gorgeous??
Notice no pictures of Bella on my bed anymore. . . she is enjoying her own master orthopedic bed. :)
This situation got diffused by mom before it became a "situation". :) I love how Bella looks so relaxed here (even got the foot stuck out like she's just chillin') but we all know both of them were on high alert! hahaha!!!
And, in other news. . . Zach and Chase Parker are doing well. Zach's bottom two teeth are REALLY loose now. . . can't believe it. I'm about to add tooth fairy to my long list of mom duties. Amazing how fast they are growing up. And, both are loving school.
Zach is becoming a great little reader fast. He seems to really enjoy learning and enjoys excelling. I'm so proud of him! He will often times want to write sentences and have me "grade" them. Here is a recent note he wrote. . . warmed my heart completely. Everybody say awwwwww. . . .
Speaking of pictures we had a fun time one morning making silly faces for the camera. . . this is what we came up with. Check out Chase Parker sneaking through in the lower right corner! haha!!
And this is me, keeping an eye on my man! hahaha! We were being so silly that morning. . .
Speaking of silliness. . . have you guys had fun in the silly mirror at Lofty Pursuits?? Oh it's total fun!!
I've discovered how delicious their ice cream is and we have had to visit there often. Such a neat place! Have you been to their new location on Timberlane Road? You should check it out. We decided to have Zach's birthday party there this year. . . amazing that my boy will be SIX YEARS OLD! wow.
Here's the little birthday invite we sent out to his friends and family. I think it will be a fun day. The kids will get to pick their ice cream and they will also enjoy a candy making class and take home their very own homemade candy.
In other news. . . Paul and I enjoyed our first night ALONE together in over 2 years. Whoa. Yes, BOTH boys spent the night at Grammy's house. This was Chase Parker's first time away from mom and dad and apparently he didn't miss us. Never once asked about going home, about us, nothing. He did great! Grammy and Papa survived too. Apparently he got up a couple times during the night and came in their room. . . at least it wasn't in MY room that night! Yay! Paul and I enjoyed a nice date night and didn't even get home til 1AM! Whoohooooo!! It was nice! So, mom and dad. . . anytime you feel the urge again. . . just let us know. :)
And, last on my list of news. . . Chase Parker is doing VERY well with potty training. He's got number one down perfectly. No accidents, wakes up dry, goes to the potty all by himself (even at night - yay!). . . love it!! We are still working on number two. . . enough said. :)
And, I'm still loving my photography business. It is definitely my passion - enjoying it SO much!! Hard to believe this month marks six months that I have been in business!
I currently have a special running for high school seniors. It's that time of year to start thinking about graduation announcements, etc. so you need some professional pictures! If you know someone with kids graduating please pass this along. . .
I think that's about it for now. . . I'll leave you with some cute Chase Parker pictures!
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