Chopper

Chopper (we call him Jasper) gets along well with all the animals. We have 3 cats and 2 dogs (including Jasper). He's not much of a cuddler, but he's coming around (he tends to lay down just out of arms reach from you). He seems pretty independent and isn't timid/scared of other animals (he actually seems to have a bit of an 'alpha male' personality, but he's very gentle with the cats, so we're not concerned there). He wrestles almost non-stop with our 15mo lab (Elsa)... they get along great. He's learning fetch, but sometimes he just likes to tumble in the grass with the ball instead of retrieving it :) House training is coming along well. He tends to only pee if we forget to let him outside for too long of a period or if he's wrestling with Elsa and gets too excited (a little comes out). His crate training is great! Every time we leave or go to bed for the night, I just say "Jasper, crate" and I point. He jumps off the couch, runs across the room, gets in the crate and sits down to wait for me to come shut the door (because he gets a treat when he does!). He's also quite the digger... Elsa never dug a hole in her life, but Jasper taught her how... so I have to watch them closely because they're tearing up the yard. Trying to get him to put that energy into chasing a ball. Leash training is very slow. As soon as the leash gets attached, he sits down and won't move. Very very stubborn about it. He also recently splashed around in the kiddie pool (chest deep on him). Trying to build his water confidence... in a couple weeks I'll take him swimming to see how he likes it. He's also in very good health. Just had our final set of vaccines done last week. He starts puppy school in 2 weeks :) Attached a few pictures of him with Elsa and one of the cats. Always happy to share more (I have to hold back, I could talk someones ear off!) - Ben Harwood On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 7:59 PM, wrote: