Jedi has survived another month on this planet! In the blink of an eye, he is now eight months old. Gone is the wee, tiny ball of fluff. One can't be too disappointed in that, though, considering the incredibly handsome dog that Jedi is turning into as he grows up. To commemorate the day we went for a walk up to the vet clinic at lunch time to borrow their scale. I put Jedi's head halter on for the walk (just because) and he was a perfect gentleman. I made him get on the scale twice because I couldn't believe what I was seeing. He jumped up to 32.5 lbs over the last few weeks -- that's nearly 3 pounds! I did up his food a couple of weeks ago so that probably plays a little part, but he seems to have hit another growth spurt. I shimmied him up against the fridge to mark his height today and best I can figure he's about 20". I got 19" under the measuring arm at the trial this past weekend, but I figured the wicket was off because the last time I measured he was 19.5".
Jedi is so good for an eight-month old. His recall on our hikes is brilliant, although we haven't really been tested by anything too challenging thus far (I don't take them anywhere I would ever consider it risky to be off leash). He has amazing focus and the best "work ethic" I think I've ever experienced in a dog. Best of all, he just wants to play ALL OF THE TIME, which is exactly what I hoped for in my next dog, so we are having a blast. Despite his never ending lack of energy, Jedi is a great house dog and doesn't get into things. He comes and drops toys on my computer when he gets bored, but is generally good at self-entertaining (or coercing one of the others to go outside to play with him). He's so good in the house that I've already started to leave him loose in the house for short periods when I leave (not quite up to leaving him for the half-days that I go to the office yet, he is still crated for that).
The last two days have been filled with hiking and taking advantage of the lovely fall weather. Yesterday we drove out to the trail point between Bangor and Rockland, then tonight we drove to West Salem and went towards Bangor. We were out just over an hour on both trips, which is more or less enough to take the edge off Jedi. Right now everyone else is crashed and Jedi is still at it, going in and out the dog door and randomly dropping toys on the computer again. :o) Neither of our hikes involved swimming, so I'm sure that was a bummer for Jedi. This weekend is supposed to be around 70, maybe we can make it up to Lake Wazee at some point for a swim. The Dog Tank officially closed for the year last weekend. Bummer.
We're home this weekend, so with any luck we'll get in some play time and some more hiking. Next weekend Jedi gets to spend another night in a hotel when we go to Oshkosh. I think that's only his second time? I'll try to get him under their measuring arm to get something more official than pinning him against the wall.
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| Bangor - Rockland Trail |
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| We found a bench to sit on! |
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| Klee Kai bookends |
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| 8 months - Left profile |
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| 8 months - Right profile |
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| 8 months - Top view |
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| West Salem - Bangor Trail |
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| This trail is next to big open fields - Fun! |
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| Found another bench :o) |
Jedi has survived another month on this planet! In the blink of an eye, he is now eight months old. Gone is the wee, tiny ball of fluff. One can't be too disappointed in that, though, considering the incredibly handsome dog that Jedi is turning into as he grows up. To commemorate the day we went for a walk up to the vet clinic at lunch time to borrow their scale. I put Jedi's head halter on for the walk (just because) and he was a perfect gentleman. I made him get on the scale twice because I couldn't believe what I was seeing. He jumped up to 32.5 lbs over the last few weeks -- that's nearly 3 pounds! I did up his food a couple of weeks ago so that probably plays a little part, but he seems to have hit another growth spurt. I shimmied him up against the fridge to mark his height today and best I can figure he's about 20". I got 19" under the measuring arm at the trial this past weekend, but I figured the wicket was off because the last time I measured he was 19.5".
Jedi is so good for an eight-month old. His recall on our hikes is brilliant, although we haven't really been tested by anything too challenging thus far (I don't take them anywhere I would ever consider it risky to be off leash). He has amazing focus and the best "work ethic" I think I've ever experienced in a dog. Best of all, he just wants to play ALL OF THE TIME, which is exactly what I hoped for in my next dog, so we are having a blast. Despite his never ending lack of energy, Jedi is a great house dog and doesn't get into things. He comes and drops toys on my computer when he gets bored, but is generally good at self-entertaining (or coercing one of the others to go outside to play with him). He's so good in the house that I've already started to leave him loose in the house for short periods when I leave (not quite up to leaving him for the half-days that I go to the office yet, he is still crated for that).
The last two days have been filled with hiking and taking advantage of the lovely fall weather. Yesterday we drove out to the trail point between Bangor and Rockland, then tonight we drove to West Salem and went towards Bangor. We were out just over an hour on both trips, which is more or less enough to take the edge off Jedi. Right now everyone else is crashed and Jedi is still at it, going in and out the dog door and randomly dropping toys on the computer again. :o) Neither of our hikes involved swimming, so I'm sure that was a bummer for Jedi. This weekend is supposed to be around 70, maybe we can make it up to Lake Wazee at some point for a swim. The Dog Tank officially closed for the year last weekend. Bummer.
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