Yes, this deserves it's own post. Even if it only consumed a few hours one day. haha. Whelp-my sweet puppy is 1 years old!!! Where did all that time go? He has grown up so fast. :D I am so glad that we were able to celebrate his birthday on his actual birthday. Usually, Christmas Eve is spent with my family, but MawMaw and Pawpaw were not coming until later in the week and my family decided to go to Jacksonville on Christmas day to spend it with my Grandma Brinn. (i'll get to Christmas in the next post :D) Anyway, Carter's birthday was celebrated by mommy and daddy sleeping in since we didnt get in until 6:30am!
When we did finally get up, Carter was so THRILLED to spend the day with his grandparents and aunt Julie. He just adores them. He spent a lot of the day "helping" grandpa in the kitchen. His aunt Julie also took him for a run while mommy napped and made him a special treat for his bday celebration :D When it was finally time to celebrate his celebration looked like this:
Proud Parents :D
Aunt Julie and Grandpa
Grandma and Daddy
Birthday BOY!!!
Me and the birthday boy :D
His treat :D I made him treats and put bacon in them and topped them with peanut butter :D
Present time! This one is from grandma and grandpa
and a cupcake from mommy and daddy!
I adore my family for putting up with my silliness. :D We also let him open his gifts on his own! It was SO cute. He would rip open the wrapping and find his toys. He is TOO CUTE. :D He is also one spoiled puppy.
I will also give you a 1 year update!:
Health- He seems to be doing GREAT! no more issues and besides being a little chunky and going on a diet with me and John- he is healthy. He is still on his comfortis (flea medicine) and have had no more issues with fleas.
Training- Any time we go on vacation, we become very slack with his training. He also interacts with a lot of other people that dont necessarily know how we train him, so he gets out of his habits. HOWEVER, this time hasnt been too bad at all! He is still listening to us as well as he did before we left. Listening is something we still need to work on in general though. He has a hard time listening to us when there are other dogs around. It also depends on the day, but he has gotten good at walking on a leash without pulling too much. We still use the pinch collar. My goal is to have him off of it and walking pretty without it in the next few months as well as teach him at least 3 new tricks before we go home again :D
Class/Certificates- I would like to enroll Carter in level 1 soon. AND get him Good Canine Certified. That will help with all the training we are doing at home and make people more comfortable around him.
People- Carter LOVES other people and does a great job being around them. He wags his tails so fast that it wags his entire butt when he first sees someone. Sometimes it's a bit much, but he usually calms down after a few minutes. HE LOVES HIS FAMILY! Especially his grandparents! lol. He is also reallly great with children. While we were home Carter got to play with some of John's little cousins and he was GREAT with them! He even became best friends with one of them. haha.
Favorites- My side of the bed (he always sleeps there when we are gone now), the mud (he will play in it- no matter where he is or how much there is. He will find it), Bailey (he loves his girlfriend!), running with his mom, and I am not sure which toy is his favorite anymore! He got a lot for Christmas/Birthday and I have yet to tell :D
That's all I can think of to update you on about Carter for now :D Happy 1 Year to my sweet baby!!!
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