Leggy and Spooky

Switch is 16 weeks old. Oh my gosh, his legs just keep growing. The body, not so much. His muzzle took a definite growth spurt this week too. His ears are coming up and I can see "prick" ears on occasion. I will probably put Tear Mender on them in the next week or so. I hate having to fool with his ears, but I don't want prick ears.  He still has relatively sparse coat.

I spent the weekend judging in Hamilton, OH or somewhere near there. Switch was with me but he had to keep a low profile. He spent every day crated during the show hours. I felt somewhat guilty, but a lot of people work 8 or 9 hour days and "puppy" is crated. At least he was able to be with me on the trip instead of farmed out. Three of his litter mates were at the show. I did not get to visit with them since my judging duties kept me busy.   I got only a quick peek at them. Revel and CoMotion are similar in size and both have more coat than Switch. Lux is much larger than the others and has a LOT of coat. Too early to tell anything about final size, but I am happy that I have a smaller pup right now. I am still taking Switch out ever 15-20 minutes. I was on the third floor of the hotel and carrying a larger puppy up and down the steps to potty would have been very difficult. He is very good about asking to go potty at home but I don't know that he would do so at the hotel.

On the way home from Ohio, I stopped at the Drawbridge Inn in Ft. Mitchell, KY. I wanted to let the dogs run a bit and I know that site from numerous Nationals. It is treed with a lot of grass. We ended up down on what used to be tennis courts. It is now seeded and grassed and made for a nice place for the dogs to romp. It actually feels like you are in a bowl which is why I took the dogs down there. I knew that Switch and Boost could run without any danger. The trees were losing leaves and it was windy.   The wind blowing through the trees made a weird sound like hissing. Plus, there was an old basketball court down there and the nets were blowing in the wind. Switch was fine in the open field, but when we reached the old basketball court he hated it. He was freaked by the nets waving above him. Acted like the goals were monsters looming over him. I guess he is getting ready to enter the fear period.  In fact,  I am sure of it. Last night on his final potty trip, he got spooked by the Screech owl hooting. I have to admit that the owl does sound spooky.

I did NO training during the weekend. I was too exhausted after judging all day. The dogs and I just rolled around on the bed and watched TV.