Second class done.  Of course Tex was being a total sweetie. They don’t see the sweetness turn demon. LOL!

He has sit, down but up not so much. I use up instead of stand. So need to work on that. He was pretty good at walking, still a working progress. This class we learned leave it which he knows but like everything else still working progress. The new command we are working on is stay. Here is getting better though.

Tex being a lab. Staring out the window which he can now do!

LOL! His back fur can’t keep up how fast he grows. He now weighs 32 pounds.

On Tuesday Jeff and I took Tex to his first puppy class. I had no idea what to expect.

It was fun and informative. My goal is to make Tex an obedient dog and I am willing to put the work in. I think the other people were a little intimidated with Tex because he was the only big puppy. Lol! All the other puppies are small dogs. OMG someone had a teddy bear Shih Tzu. It was adorable! The instructor told us to just let our dogs off the leash to let the puppies play together. The other puppies had no trouble to let Tex have it if he was getting to rough. Lol!

We learned sit/down/stand but for Tex it’s sit/down/up. She said to use words that he understands and not all dogs use the same words. Makes sense. Also we learned to make our puppies to not jump on us. Since Tex is going to be a big dog we don’t want him to hurt people. His word is off, he gets it! Tex has trouble with up but he gets sit and down. I think in time he will get it though.

It’s funny the instructor said that with Tex being a lab everything to him is a game. That’s true so it will be a little harder for us to train but it can be done. I believe her he is a smart puppy. Just have to keep working on it.

Then we put him on his leash and we walked around in the circle. I learned if they pull or go all over the place what to do. Tug and say “heel” he got that right away!

Tex is the only puppy in the class that still bites. She told us to put a very tiny bit of hot sauce on our hands when we know he is going to bite. So he knows not to bite. We haven’t done that yet since we do not have hot sauce but this weekend we will see if that helps. It sucks he is the only one because he is the oldest out of the whole class as well. He should have stopped by now. I hope this stops this. It isn’t as bad when he was younger but it is still a thing.

I am glad we are doing the classes so I can have to tools to make him a better behave puppy.

Jeff and I decided on something that is life changing.

Well we have been wanting to have a baby. But that hasn’t been happening and I went to the doctors etc. I shifted my view. Instead of trying to get pregnant we decided to go the other route. We decided we are going to adopt! I am excited!

We have been thinking about it for some time. A lot of my cousins are adopted and so if I have any questions I can ask my family. It takes some time to adopt as we have to go through classes and such, but it will be worth it. We decided we don’t have to have an infant. We are thinking two years of age or less and if they have sibling or they are a twin we would adopt them too. We will have to wait and see how it goes.

It’s exciting to finally get the option to expand our family.

I now live in puppy land. It’s terrible and wonderful at the same time.

What’s terrible puppy biting and lots of OWIE!!! OUCH!! and swear words thrown in the mix also blood. Note to self keep a stock of band aids on hand. I feel bad for Scotty. I know for sure he likes other dogs so getting puppy shouldn’t be any different. And he has met young dogs before and wanted to play with them. But as soon as Tex came home he didn’t want anything do with him.

What’s wonderful puppy! He is super cute. Even though Scotty didn’t like him he is starting to come around in the same room as Tex. I taught Tex to sit in less than two days. Now he sits for everything. lol! He always has his leash on when not in his area and now I can let it go when he does his business. Still working on communication of when he has to go.

We can sleep for a whole night! Tex goes to sleep about 8 and I take him out at 11. Then he doesn’t have to go till I wake up. I usually wake up in the middle of the night anyways and I let him out. Then he doesn’t have to go till about 6:30 that is when Jeff gets up to get ready for work. He has been good on not peeing in the house. But pooping has been a whole other story. Working process.

Now adorable pics of Tex:

Tex got his first shots at the vet. Of course he was a hit. Everyone saying how cute he was! On the way home this is how he slept. He’s too funny.

OH. MY. GOD!

Guess what we did last Friday? We adopted a puppy! I am so excited. We can’t take him home till September 2. It’s hard waiting.

Story:

Last Friday mom sent me a link from Facebook saying puppy Labradors for sale. As we told my parents that we want a lab puppy. Of course I wanted a black lab puppy who is male. I get to be super picky because this is the dog we will have for a long time. Anyway mom sent me this link and I looked at it. They are all so cute. I contacted the lady to ask how much and what she had left. She had two silver labs which I didn’t know was a thing but those went fast. She had black and chocolate puppies yet for sale.

Here’s why it’s meant to be. She advertise in Green Bay. Jeff sent her message if we could see them on Saturday as we were going to be in GB anyways. She message back and get this she lives 5 minutes away from our house! WOW! So we literally went over there at 8 o’clock at night to look at cute puppies! Jeff told the lady we wanted a black lab that is male and she had 7 males left when were there.

AWE!!!

They all were so cute! However I did pick them all up but I had this feeling about one of them. You just know feeling. He just loved Jeff and I was like that is the one.

We named him Tex. Reasoning because Jeff’s bday is August 27 and he was born in Texas. So I thought Tex and I told Jeff this was his bday present from me. Lol!

We didn’t take any pics just was so excited in seeing them all. We are seeing him again this week. So definitely pics soon to come! Oh we can’t wait to have him here!