Day in the life of Harley & his Mom

Harley did fantastic in his puppy kindergarten class last night. Next Monday, he graduates. I saw two great pictures of Harley up on the builten board. They were taken while Harley was at the place when we were away (they also watch our dogs) and one was a picture of him and a cute bischon/shihtzu mix that he played with and then another was a picture of him and a HUGE newfoundland. Harley and the newfoundlound were side by side and obviously Harley looked like a tiny mouse compared to that dog! That dogs PAWS were bigger than Harley. I couldn't believe it and I nearly passed out when I saw that picture. :shock: One of the owners of the place told me that they had another one of Harley jumping on the newfoundland's back and how fearless he was of that dog. She said he walked right up like he was king of the world. LOL! Sounds like he met another BIG friend while he was there. He played with all the big pups and everyone was pretty impressed how Harley runs the show. He zipped around the room and the other dogs would follow. I'm talking a labrador retriever, golden retriever, golden-poodle mix aka goldendoodle and a cockapoo. He does get alittle scared when they all crowd around him, but he definately holds his own. I'm so proud of my little guy. Time has flown since I got him at twelve weeks, he is now going to be four monthes old on Thursday. I can't believe it!! Also, the funniest thing happened today. On the van ride to camp, while we were at the last stop we met a lady walking her new puppy. I thought the puppy was so cute and asked her what kind of dog it was, she said a bischon/shitzu mix so then it clicked in my head this puppy looked just like the puppy that played with Harley in that one picture. So I was like, "by any chance did your dog every play with a chihuahua" and she was like "Yes, she did, a chihuahua named Harley!" and so I said that he was my dog and we were talking. Hopefully they will have a little play-date sometime. Here's some pics that were taken a little bit ago that were too cute not to share. :wink:

Jessica

Well Harley, where do I start?!

First off, last Monday Harley graduated puppy kindergarten class. His favorite dog in the class, Chelsea, brough her entire family and the little kids in her family love Harley. I'm suprised how good he played with ALL the dogs. He learned, stay, sit, look, touch, find and paw in that class. I'm am pretty proud of him. He never mastered "down" and the trainer said that could just be because he is tiny and that smaller dogs feel vulnerable when they lie down. She gave me some packets to read on tips on teaching "down", but I'm not going to push anything since Harley is usually under control. LOL! Then Friday, Harley came to the first two and half periods of camp with me. It was color war that day, so it was full of noise and loads of people all over and Harley handled it like a pro. I'm sure that added even more experiance with his socialization. I let the little boys in my bunk that I'm the counsler of pet Harley and all I heard was "we love Harley" or "can Harley come to camp tomorrow too?". They were all great with him and even the owners of the camp wanted to hold him. Then on Saturday, my two very young cousins came over. Ages four and almost two. Let me tell you, I was very worried at how Harley was going to be with the little one at first but he was A-W-E-S-O-M-E. I'm thrilled that Harley was gentle and he followed her everywhere. All I heard from her mouth was "Harwee...Harwee". LOL! My Aunt got some great pictures and I will *have* to post them. I am so glad that Harley is friendly towards other people, I heard that most chihuahuas are warry of strangers. Even though Harley shows different reactions towards different people, he still is pretty friendly towards other people, that aren't my family and I. Although my mom told me that today when I left for camp Harley sat by the door and cried for a half an hour. He also crys whenever I leave a room he is in, what a little momma's boy! :lol: That is all for now, I can't wait to show the pics of Harley and my little cousins. I better email my Aunt. :wink:

Jessica

Nothing really new has been going on here. Harley had his latest vet check up recently and weighs 3.3 pounds. He is still sooooo tiny! Recently we went on a visit to Poppy and Oma's house and everybody loves him there. My Uncle Chris wouldn't stop cuddling Harley. He of course had to follow me around the house and loved playing outside. Harley also did that when we went to visit my Dad's side of the family and all my cousins. I've brought Harley with me to two restaurants so far, both didn't even realize he was there, of course he was in my purse. :wink: He also recently went with me and my mom to the mall to go shopping and of course a few people if they looked long enough saw Harley was in the carrier purse and he greeted everybody with kisses. My mom and I then went and ate at Einstien's Bagels and brought Harley, they didn't even mind, everybody thought he was such a handsome boy! After that, we made a quick stop at petsmart because Harley seemed to need a new leash to match his new harness and of course the only dog he decided to bark at was a GREAT DANE. :lol: 8) He really thinks he's a tough little guy.

Anyway, that's really all for now, I'll add a picture tonight. He will be six months old in two days!!

Jessica