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Son of Brego and Rachael,
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Hi
Fredericka,
Here
is an update on our great puppy Nelson. He has graduated from
Canine Good Citizen and Therapy Dog class earning him his "black
scarf". He had already earned his white and green scarves so this
was his equivalent of his karate black belt. In December he
passed the AKC accredited CGC test and received his
certification. We are now working on taking and passing the TDI
certification test which I hope we can take later this month. So
far he has been the youngest and the biggest puppy/dog in all the
classes and has made many friends. He learns so quickly and gets
bored just as quickly. After he has accomplished something he
then expects to lay down and watch everyone else work to the great
amusement of our instructors. The big sighs when he has to get up
and continue on is funny and it is hard not to laugh at him.
Because of the bad ice storm that hit Oklahoma City the beginning
of December and then Christmas we had small grandchildren here
almost the whole month. He is so good with children and I think
he was disappointed when they all went home! I am always so
pleased at how good he is when we are out in public and he is so
gentle with the children that just seem to flock to him.
Of
course he is still a puppy at heart and is just hilarious to
watch. One of the things he does with a new toy or rawhide is
jump on it several times very much like a cat jumps on a toy
mouse. He doesn't play with it until he considers it completely
subdued. I can't remember ever seeing a dog do this before. He
still thinks he is a lap dog and will back up and sit on me or
just climb on up if he gets half a chance. He still hasn't
entirely made peace with the cats. He has never tried to hurt
them but doesn't seem to understand that they are intimidated by
his big paws and don't appreciate being licked no matter how easy
he is with them. Every dog knows cats can be silly about that
sort of thing.
I
have attached a couple pictures of our beautiful boy. We received
his CKC registration and again I want to thank you for breeding
these absolutely wonderful dogs.
Mandy
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Nelson
Exploring 12 weeks old Nelson 12 Weeks old
Nelson and Mason
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Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007
Subject: Nelson
Hi Fredericka, Just an update on
Nelson, son of Brego and Rachael, 2/20/2007. He is growing like a
weed. Seems to be all legs and even though I worry he is "skinny"
our vet assures me he is very healthy and "just perfect"!
He has finished both his puppy
foundation class and his basic obedience. We will be starting
intermediate obedience in September. I think it is always hard,
since he is usually the biggest in the class, for others to
understand that he is much younger than his classmates. He has
never pulled and as you can see by one of the pictures I have
attached, he will walk on a car harness for our 3 year old grandson
and never even act like he wants to go anywhere but where Mason is
headed. The whole training experience has been very easy and he
has picked up everything faster than his "older" classmates. He
did, however, take his diploma off of the chest of drawers in the
middle of the night and nibble the corner off of it....
Nelson has been a wonderful puppy and
he is so much fun to just watch. He and our lab, Brandy, have a
game of tag they play. Brandy stands in the middle of the family
room and Nelson tries to race past her from the love seat to the
recliner without her catching him, the furniture apparently being
"safe". He has gotten so big that when he hits the recliner at full
speed it rocks back so far it stops just short of tipping over.
Guess we should begin to curtail this activity but they have so much
fun and they are so funny.... He still has issues with the cats but
it is getting better. One of the cats loves dogs and will rub on
him until he realizes it is happening. We had neutered at 24 weeks
and I will fax, or if you prefer send, the neutering certificate to
you.
Thank you again for raising such
wonderful dogs!
Mandy |
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June 25, 2007
Hi Fredericka and Lucy, Just wanted to give
you a quick update on Nelson, son of Brego and Rachael. He is an
absolute darling for starters. Our only difficulty is he still
has a "tinkle" accident once in a while and that is generally
because I don't notice when he goes to the door. Compared to our
Lab he is so not destructive. She ate everything in sight
including a piece of cabinet and a column on our patio! Now I am
not saying he doesn't chew because he does but, for the most part,
he just chews his own toys. He hates it when I leave in the
morning and has to go in his crate. He has managed to climb out
of everything else including the 5 foot pen, (used his crate to
crawl on top of and get out that way which when you think about
just shows he is imaginative). Puppy gates are a joke, if doesn't
knock them over he pulls them out of the doorway!
He is very social and loves people. We came up
to the hospital to see fellow workers and he greeted everyone
including the patients that were passing by. Then we rode an
elevator in the doctors' building and went to see a couple
neurosurgeons I work with. Was totally unfazed by any of it and I
may try to take him thru to Therapy Dog training since he is such
a lover of people. We met a very nice English Mastiff at basic
obedience when we were leaving who is a therapy dog - very
beautiful except for the drooling! (I was able to brag we didn't
have that problem at our house). Nelson has done his puppy
foundation class and is now in basic obedience. He is facsinated
by the lake and has no fear of walking down to the edge. So far
he hasn't fallen in but did find a low spot and put his front paws
in. Now this is the same puppy who refuses to walk in the wet
grass after it rains.
We tried weighing him acouple weeks ago and he
was 50 pounds on our scale. I keep food out for him all the time
and he doesn't overeat. He has learned to protect his food from
his "sister" as she will eat anything that even resembles food.
Other than that he is always very submissive to her. I could go
on and on about how great he is but I won't. I will try to send a
picture of him with our 3 year 0ld grandson, after I download it
from the camera, who just loves him and it is definitely a mutual
thing.
Thank you again for breeding such great dogs.
Mandy
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4/25/07
Hi Fredericka and Lucy!
We had a long drive home on Saturday with our new
puppy, Nelson, (brindle pup from Brego and Rachael). He was the
best little guy other than refusing to use the piddle pad so we
ended up stopping in very out of the way places so he could
relieve himself. He certainly let us know when he needed to
stop! We were both very impressed with a pup so young letting us
know his "needs". (He has only had one accident on the rug so far
and it was because I didn't listen to him). He slept most of the
way but when it got dark he realised he wasn't with Mom and
brothers and sisters anymore and was pretty inconsolable for about
10 minutes. Of course he ended up in bed with us at night but he
wakes up once to go out and then goes right back to sleep. Better
than any of the kids ever did! He has not had any runny stools or
any eating problems. He went to the vet on Monday and got a very
clean bill of health and we were told we had a "darling" little
pup. His meeting with our lab was eventful in the fact that he
got very territorial about me, but after a few little "humblings"
he and the lab have become fast friends..... with the
understanding that our lab is "alpha" dog. (Of course the lab is
so gentle we began to wonder if she would let him know who was
boss, but she got around to it in her own understated way.). In
reality it is the two cats who rule the roost here and both dogs
give way to these little declawed kitties who make a lot of
noise.I will be taking lots of pics and will sent you some soon
along with Nelson updates! Ended up getting him an American flag
collar because after all he is an AMERICAN mastiff.
Thanks for our beautiful little boy,
Mandy and Jack
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