Send in your pictures!

Do you have wild, funny, unique or just plain CUTE pictures or video clips of your current or past puppies?  Westin and I know that you do! 

{I know that you can beat this silly picture of Mikah. I lack cute photos! That's where you come in!}

Send them to me to be included in a fun video slide-show!  Send in as many pictures as you'd like and tell your blog followers and puppy raising friends! I want to include as many puppies-in-training as possible.

Pictures of fun poses, unique locations, funny props, and silly faces are all great! You can't go wrong with a picture of a puppy!

Pictures/video can be sent to me via e-mail or posted on your own blog (please leave a comment here to let me know that you posted!)

Along with the photos, be sure to include your puppy's name and the service/guide dog school that you are from!

Email - beachysweets@yahoo.com

Please, please, please participate and tell others! 

Thanks everyone :) This should be fun.

Happy Monthday "W" Pups!

Today, Westin and his siblings are FOUR months old! Wow, I have had this little guy for more than half of his life :) He is amazing and continues to impress me most every day!

In other news, there's a new puppy in the blog-o-sphere and his name is.....

WINTER! That's right, Westin's own brother has started a blog! We saw Winter at Open House and he was looking great! I hope that you will follow Winter's blog at 

http://winterswonderlands.blogspot.com/

Park

Westin and I went to the {not dog} park today and had a picnic with my family. It was pretty enjoyable and he enjoyed a nice walk around a little lake.  While I forgot my camera, I will be sure to bring it next time.  I am toying around with the header thanks to the website that Mitch (and Meade) sent me!  

Arboretum

One weekend when I was out of town, Westin got to go out and about with my family.  One place that he got to visit was the Arboretum.  Here are some pictures that my sister gave me:

He's a BRANIAC!

Westin is a very smart puppy! He already knows how to sit, lie down, and stay on command.  I was very lucky that he was very willing to learn "down" because it tends to be a difficult command to teach.  The only problem is that Westin does not like to "perform" his commands in front of others. We will work on that!

School is out and I can't believe that I only have two years left of high school! Westin will be accompanying me in my classes next year.  I will have tennis the last period, so we are going to have to figure that one out - he will have lots of practice ignoring tennis balls this summer because once Westin is physically larger I will bring him to practices with me. 

How large was your pup when he/she fit into their "big boy/girl jacket?"

Westin playing with Jake

The big guy himself

GDA Obedience

Some of the many things I love about GDA are the free monthly obedience classes that they host and  encourage all the pups to go to.  Although I was unable to attend, my mom stepped in and took Westin to the class.   After a little bit of obedience and advice from the trainers, the pups got to play with their siblings!!!!!  Westin was THRILLED to play with three of his siblings who came - Wiki, Winter and Wheely! There was a baby pool, play equipment and plenty of toys to go around. Of course, he was tired after the class.

Puppy Meeting

Yesterday we had a fun-filled and educational puppy meeting! I absolutely LOVE my group, they are an awesome group of people!

This was the first meeting that I have been to without Parker (MGR) or Savannah (MBL)! They are two sweeties and I wish them the best of luck in formal training.  It was also the first meeting with Hercules, an ADORABLE 8 week old male black lab.  He has the sweetest face and he is a pretty big boy!

We had a wonderful guest at our meeting.  He is the director of programs at GDA.  He has an awesome story and actually used to be at GDB and CCI!

He worked with Westin:

And he also treated me like a dog!

The meeting aside, guess what? Since Westin is a sponsored puppy, his big boy jacket is embroidered.  It came the other day......

But maybe.....

...jst maybe we should stick with his baby bib.....

...especially because poor 6 month old Mandy doesn't have her big girl jacket!

At our meeting we also got to go through an obstacle course to practice for open house! Unfortunately it was outdoors and too dark to take pictures.

This is Westin with the camera at eye-level.

A Mother's Day Graduation

Congratulations to all of the graduating teams today!  Everyone looked oh so happy and all of the speeches were really thoughtful.

I really enjoyed talking to a bunch of puppy raisers today.  It was good seeing all of you!

And happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there! I hope your four-legged (and two-legged if you have them) children treat you well :) I personally was given many puppy kisses.

Circle Tail Wagging?

Westin sometimes wags his tail in a circle.  It is super cute and I hope to get it on video :) I took a picture, but my friend won't let me post it because she thought it was "puppy porn".... however, I thought it was super adorable. I guess that's the puppy raiser in me?

 Does anyone else's dog exhibit this amazingly cute behavior?

Growing like a weed

Sorry for the lack of updates; Westin is just busy GROWING!

It is HOT

The weather here is so warm, too hot for right now! It is 95 outside and all of us humans and canines are burning up!!! I feel bad for Westin because it is so warm.

Swimming!

Today it is a beautiful day - nice and sunny!! Westin loves to play outside on the grass.  It has been hot lately so we decided to let Westin play in the water!!! 

The hose is a no-no, and I think that a full-sized, chlorinated pool is too much for a teeny puppy, we decided to go with a little baby pool.  

Puppy love

I LOVE my little man! He is amazing!  Not even 24 hours down and there are already dozens of things I love about him :)

Ten things I love about Westin:

1) He is SO loving

2) He likes to play with practically any toy

3) He comes prancing whenever I call his name with a happy voice :)

4) He doesn't mind the crate

5) He slept all through the night - he didn't cry to go out when I took him out at 7 this morning

6) He is adorable (but he could be three-legged and I would still know so)

7) He likes to play with people

8) He likes to play with dogs

9) He has puppy breath and puppy fur :)

10) I just LOVE LOVE LOVE him!!!

What do you LOVE about your puppy?