Softball

Suki sure has grown. We took her to socialize with friends and family this weekend, and played a little softball. Click on the gallery below to check out more pix. 

Softball 4/27/08 10:47 PM

Puppy Play Group - Another Shiba Inu!

Tonight we took Suki to her first puppy play group. There we met another Shiba!!! This one is named Fei. While Fei is older than Suki, she's a whole lot smaller! Very cute sesame colored coat and the perpetually sad eyes. Suki got to play for an entire hour with the other puppies, and as I type she is fast asleep. There were so many cute puppies there, but as has happened before, my camera was out of battery when we arrived. Apparently I left it on all day. So we got out our terrible camera phones and did the best we could. Fei's picture is to the left (hope I spelled her name right). Click on the other picture to see Fei and Suki together. Enjoy!

Suki Puppy Play Group 4/25/08 9:16 PM

Video Chatting

Unfortunately Suki doesn't really respond too much to a digital version of Bridget, but it sure is fun to video chat with the doggie!

Graduation Day!

Yay! Suki has graduated puppy class. Above is our graduating class. The last class included something we haven't really done with Suki before: dress up! I found this bee costume for Suki. Dress up is a great social exercise, since your attention is on your dog and you're touching her everywhere. It's also hilarious. Stay tuned, we'll be bringing Suki to some puppy play groups and to her next school, the puppy intermediate course.

A major milestone in Suki's training this week is her response to "Come." We got her to come to us while engaged in her favorite activity, playing with another dog. We were soooooo proud. The instructor told us we have a great Shiba Inu, I say she's the BEST!

Suki is also very comfortable with sit, down, stand, left paw, right paw, and kiss, all on voice command with no food lure or hand signals. Awesome! Next we'll work on roll over, so stay tuned...

Suki Looks out the Window

Suki is tall enough to gaze out the window, and wise enough to know that whatever goes out the front door can be seen from there. I nabbed this shot as Bridget went out the front door this morning. Before, she was barely tall enough to do this on a step: 

                                 

Rilo Kiley LIVE!!!

Ok, this has absolutely nothing to do with Suki, but we got a chance to see Rilo Kiley live this week. No, Suki did not come to the concert. Click on the picture below to check out some of the pictures we got. Rilo Kiley is one of our favorite bands! We were able to get a spot in the front row. We'll probably be wearing hearing aids in ten years....but it was worth it!!!!

Rilo Kiley Concert 4/17/08

Vet Visit

It's been a while since we've been to the vet with Suki. This past week she needed her final round of vaccinations. I tried to take a stable picture of her on the exam table with my camera phone. Comparing it to our first visit, you can see Suki's growth over the past few weeks. 

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