Sarrrge - you are so right! I swear, sometimes certain ways that he sits or looks at you, he looks like a stuffed animal. He was laying on a blanket in the family room yesterday evening playing with his stuffed duck (well, it was just sitting in his mouth) and I was looking for him and walked right past him. LOL
Erndog - that's great! We've had 2 days straight now with no accidents. YAY!
hap_leaf - I love the Goldens as well but we decided to go with something smaller with the 4 yr old. Parker is the right size and still a little hardy for him. He's supposed to grow to 14lbs and at his vet visit 2 weeks ago at 3 mths, he was already just over 8lbs. So, I think he will definitely hit that 14/15 lb stage, which is a nice size for us. We've had 2 boxers before and they are just a little too big and rambunctious for our little guy.
LHF - my BIL's boxer Bella does the same thing. We had her for a bit when she was a puppy and she ate those cloth skate guards, socks, you name it and that stuff HAS to come out! LOL! She's not so bad now at almost 3, she's learning. Parker is really not that bad about chewing. He likes to chew the legs on the kitchen table, which isn't a big deal because I want a new one soon anyway! LOL and he loves his bones.
The puppy stage is definitely rough, especially when you have a very busy household but we are surviving. He'll be 4 mths old on April 4th and we've only had him for 5 weeks now. I think we've done pretty good and he seems to be getting the hang of things. We are getting there and I think that once he's fully potty trained, he's gonna be a great little dog.
We are going to Puppy Orientation Friday night. The trainer talked to us this past weekend about getting him used to a bell to go outside. Seriously! All of my other dogs just gave me that "look" like, I need to go know. Not sure about the bell. We'll see.
