5 months old!

Hard to believe that Carter is already 5 months old! Time goes by SO fast! John and I can tell that not only does he look older, but he has started acting more mature too. He'll have his more mature moments and then be the silly puppy that I love, it's funny. He's so clumsy!

Well at 5 months he can:
-Sit
-Down
-Sit out of a down (and do "puppy push ups")
-Shake with both hands
-Come
-Recognizes his name well
-Stay (he has gotten SO much better at this! We can even put a treat down, tell him to leave it and stay, and walk out of the room!)
-"Leave it"- pretty well- I even got him to do with a squirrel!
-Roll Over
-Heel- he doesnt know that command, but he walks on the leash next to us really well now.

We stopped clicker training, but he does everything we ask now anyway. :D He has even gotten some what good with the above commands with distractions- except other dogs. I have a feeling that will take a lot of time because all he wants to do is play. I think that's still a lot of the puppy in him.

He has gotten MUCH better at being potty trained! He hasnt had an accident in a LONG time (well except when it rains and he doesnt like to get his feet wet). We also got a doggy door put in! It's in our bedroom door that leads to the patio. He has gotten much better at it! he still has a hard time coming back in for some reason. we still have to encourage him to come in. Today was HUGE though! He used the door all by himself AND went to pee! He usually just stands at the sliding glass doors in the living room and waits for one of us to take him to the doggy door and then tell him to go out. So I was VERY happy! YAY! I hope this keeps up!

He is also till teething, but has stopped chewing everything. I think most of his teeth are in now, just a few more to go. I am glad that the chewing stopped though! only the few victims on the list still!

We also got his fleas taken care of! I called the vet and they told us that the Frontline doesnt work anymore because the fleas here are immune to it. So, they offer a pill called Comfortis. It's more expensive and doesnt protect against ticks, but if it gets rid of the fleas for good, I dont care. lol He's started to grow high back in all the places he lost it from scratching so much and he doesnt scratch nearly as often! I am THRILLED! :D

This week we took Carter to the dog park! He was REALLY good! He was really friendly with everyone, but didnt harass any of the other dogs. LOL. He also listened to us pretty well even though there were so many other dogs! While we were there, one of the dogs caught a bird and killed it. haha. It was a nice dog park! We will def go back. One of the dogs Carter was playing with was all wet (they have a place where you can rinse the dogs off) and he wrestled with Carter in the dirt, so Carter was FILTHY! lol
Dog Park!


Dirty Puppy!


Finally, we went to the dog beach again! He did MUCH better and even walked in the water and swam out by himself. He didnt try to run back to the beach either! We were able to take him off his leash and let him swim around. He gets bored real easy, so we didnt stay long. I am glad to know that he likes the water better now though! :D YAY!

That's it for now! OH, we missed puppy class last week because a friend from high school came to visit and next week we dont have it, so no updates from that right now! BUT he is doing great :D

Carter hiding behind John's desk. No idea how he got back there. lol