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Well, it's about time for an update. Fullerton is doing amazing! Don't get me wrong he is not perfect or anything I am just so impressed with him. He shows a real initiative and a willingness to work that I just love, love, love. He has a long way to go and I am so excited to get to be there to mold him and watch him grow. :) Anyway, last night was our first puppy class of the year, all the dogs were great. We worked on the food-induced-recall and dog distractions. (Which Fuller is great at, he isn't dog distracted at all, he would rather hang out with his momma.) After puppy class I came home with an extra puppy. I am very honored to have the opportunity to puppy-sit our clubs cross puppy, Dax. He is great, he is a very. . . "happy" puppy, but not over the top obnoxious. I really enjoy having him here. He is already making me think that having a golden or a cross to raise would be a lot of fun. :) Here are some pictures from Dax's first day here.
^Classic Dax playing with a kong

^Fullerton and Dax playing . . . sorry Dax, Fullerton was really frustrated that he couldn't get the toy so he started going for the ears instead. The play time stoped shortly after. The intense look on Fullertons face just cracks me up.

^The boys hang out in my room. You can really see the golden part of Dax he has a very Golden head (and personality, :)

^Dax playing in the snow (I am making this his new profile picture on my club website, it is so cute and totally shows his personality)

^ I really love Dax's head. It is so gorgeous!

^This is what the boys look like right this very minute. :) They are really great together. Dax is here until Monday and then his raiser will come and get him, but until then we are going to have loads of fun together. I REALLY like him (If I haven't made that quite clear yet, lol)

And of course a video of the boys playing. Fullerton was tired and tried to lay down and Dax kept trying to get him to play, Fullerton got sick of it and went a tad berserk before taking refuse under the bed. He makes me laugh. You will just have to see it. Oh, and when I scream it is not because Fullerton runs into me, I thought he was going to but instead he went through a six inch gap between me and the kennel to dive under the bed. He just gave me a bit of a fright, but all is well. lol

It's Called Self Control People!

Me and Fullerton had our first day of school on Wednesday. Fullerton was amazing. (Although we have to work on his people interactions, he gets a wee bit excited when people say "HI" and pet him) He was really great during my classes and waited patiently until it was over. I did have a really weird little experience in my Math class though. The room has four rows of Tables on an incline and I was sitting at the 2nd table from the back and had Fullerton laying down on my right side. About half way through class Fullerton started getting really fidgety so I reached down to give him a little correction. Well, I put my hand down and felt. . . another hand. It totally freaked me out so I pulled my hand away and looked down at him and there is a guy kneeling under the table behind me reaching out to pet Fullerton. Umm. . . WTF!?!? Come on man, have some dignity and get off the floor!! If you can't control yourself you are in the wrong place. I was a bit perturbed and really annoyed, but I didn't say anything, I just gave him a look and he got up. I avoid sitting in front of him now when I get to class. Why is it that I attract all these super strange little events? I guess all puppy raisers have their own "wonderful" experiences. Fun stuff. . .

And here is a video of Fullerton. I discovered that he goes a bit nuts when I would pour water, so I poured it toward him and well. . . here is the result. He makes me laugh!

Just so you know I don't do that regularly, this is the only time I have done it, it was just too funny.

Salt Lake City Outing

YAY!! I got Vladd (my computer) back, FINALLY!! He hasn't been working for over a month and I am so happy he is back. (Especially with school starting on Wednesday) So I can now put up my new pictures. So, about a week ago I took Fullerton up to Salt Lake to see the lights on Temple Square. He was so great in the massive crowds that are inevitable around Temple Square during the holidays. I was very proud of him.

Me and Fullerton by the SLC Temple. It is a freakin' gorgeous building.

My sisters, Fullerton and me on the steps of the temple.
I tried to get a picture of Fullerton with the lights and I kinda failed, I did succeed however in getting a picture of the inside of his nose. Oh, well, still cute. :)

Me and Fullerton and the lights.

Fullerton was wonderful. Much better than I anticipated, which was so nice. He was a bit of a butt during the walk to and from Temple Square. We parked about four blocks away and then walked there. He was not a huge fan of crossing the street, after a bit of coaxing he was fine. We will add that to our list of things to work on. :) He wasn't afraid of the cars and trucks and stuff that went passed us, just didn't like crossing for some reason. Anyway, I will count that as one very successful outing. :D Good boy Fully!!

Baby Pictures!!!

Fullertons mom's raiser (did you follow that, kinda confusing) just sent me pictures of the litter that she got from when they were born. I was so excited to see little tiny Fullerton and his brothers. They are adorable. First this is what she had to say about his mom Saga:
"Saga's personality is gentle, but has spunk to it with occasional brattiness."
That sounds about spot on regarding Fullerton. I think Fuller is a tad more "energetic" we will call it. :) Anyway, first you can look at this picture (I am pretty sure that is Forte and either Filby or Flamenco) and this picture (That is Forte and one of the black pups, but you can see Fullertons fanny in the corner) that was posted by GDB on their website.

Here is Fullertons mom Saga at her breeder Graduation.
Here is Miss. Saga while she was pregnant with the "F" pups.
Here is the ultrasound of the "F" pups. Look at those little puppy blobs. :)

Saga with the 2 day old "F" pups. Fullerton is the closest one to Saga's head. Aren't they cute little pudge balls. :D

Here they at 1 week old. Fullerton is the one at the top of the picture then either Filby or Flamenco and Forte at the bottom.

And 2 weeks old. Fullerton is the one closest to Saga's head again and the other three boys as well. :D

And Fullerton again. I am not sure how old he is in this pic but he looks a bit older than the two week picture. :)

And my boy again.

I am so happy to have all those baby pictures of Fullerton and his brother. They are so very cute.

A Review of 2008

Well, 2008 definitely had it's ups and downs. It was a good year though. Here are some of our adventures from 2008. :)

January:
on the 20th of this month was my boy Shermans first birthday. Other than that nothing too exciting happened, well Sherman learned how to honk my horn when he was sick of waiting for me. That made for some pretty entertaining experiences while putting gas in my car.

February: Sherman had some evals this month that decided which recall list he was on. We also had blogger pal Hobbs come for a few days.

March: Was the month that I found out that Sherman was leaving in June. It was also the month that Sherman made my Nephew, Cannon love dogs. :)

April: We went on a lot of fun outings like to the kids discovery museum, and the airport. Sherman also made it into the Community Connections Newsletter at GDB.

May: I found out that I got a job at Camp Bloomfield, I also learned that Sherman was going to be Mr. September for the GDB calendar. It was also my last month with Sherman. Tahoma (my second puppy) turned four. I was also supposed to get a baby puppy (MBL Texas) this month but since I was going to camp decided to get a transfer pup instead.

June: It was the month that Sherman was leaving for training. I received my sixth puppy Spanky. I also left to go to camp for the summer. Later that month I found out that Sherman was cc'd and was devastated that he would not be a guide and hoped he would find another job. And Spanky turned 1!

July: Spent all month at Camp which was such a blast. Spanky taught kids to walk dogs and about dog care. I turned 23 (AAAHHH!) and I found out that Sherman was accepted into Dogs4Diabetics!! :D

August: More time at camp, went to Fun Day in San Rafael, found out that Spanky had a recall for October. I also got home from camp and had to start doing real world stuff again. :) I was able to go to an agility competition for Adeline and saw Sherman at Fun Day.

September: Nothing really happened this month. I got a job at a jr high, which I like but can be overwhelming at times. (Jr High kids are just cruel sometimes!!) And had my last month with Spanky (so I thought)

October: Spanky was cc'd after an eval with our CFR. I kept his as a pet for three weeks before GDB could pick him up and I enjoyed every minute of it. Found out that I was getting a MYL "F" puppy the end of the month. (So I though) Took Spanky to the puppy truck ready to say goodbye but then returned home with him anyway. :)

November: I had to actually say goodbye to Spanky. Finally met my new puppy Fullerton. Found out that Sherman was placed with his partner and am still waiting for him to be official.

December: Well, you guys know, Had tons of snow, went to Mexico, found out Spanky had a forever home, Fuller continues to learn and grow and all my dogs are happy, what more can I ask for. :)

Here is to a fabulous 2009 with hopefully a few more ups than 2008 had to offer. :) Happy New Year Everyone