Ahhh!

I love walking my boy!  In the last two weeks I have been able to start walking him again after breaking my ankle in June.  Oh, I forgot just how much I missed it.  Dante is such a great walker!  Today we walked the park where my sister and my jump rope team meets (still can't do that yet - hence D and I took a walk), and it was so refreshing.  

Dante loves, loves, loves his walks.  He is always so happy and well behaved - checking in with me every minute or two.

There were really cute book sculptures behind the library where we were.  We took some time to pose and practice a few of his commands.

He doesn't really know the "up" command yet, but I have practiced luring him up a few times.  He loves it as you can tell!

Good literature choice, D! (and nice "jump" and "sit" as well!)

And then there were the bestest ever benches to practice "under" and "jump" (albeit a little distracted!) on - nice and sturdy with solid footing for him!

We finished the park loop, stopping to do some "jumps" on this drain.

The closest to a head tilt I'm ever gonna get outta this boy :-)

We walked along the busier road some before stopping at the playground.  Dante sat nicely while I was on the swing set and then got to do his most favorite thing:

The dog LOVES the slide!  We then walked up on the playground.  I sat on one of the steps and Dante immediately jumped onto me in a "lap" and snuggle up against my shoulder.  it was the sweetest thing! And there was no way I could have corrected him for doing it off command.  We sat there for almost ten minutes snuggling.  Goodness, I'm gonna miss this little stinker! ;-)  My only request is that his forever person appreciates his stellar snuggling skills! :-)

These are my favorite times with Dante - just him and me with nobody stopping us to talk, and just having fun!

Here are some random pictures from the last week.  Enjoy!


We took Dante to our neighborhood pool a few times.  He really liked checking it out.  I'll try to get some better pictures when it is a little lighter out.

Since this post, Dante has barked four times when out: at the post office, the garden center of Home Depot, Petco, and at Awana. Here is proof:

Blurry barking at Home Depot

Dante loves to walk on different surfaces, and went on these all by himself!

Jack and Dante on their way to friendship:

Notice he is barking at me and not the cat.

Having fun at the library:

Thank goodness he did NOT bark in the library...

Dante's favorite pass-time: running around with a stick.

Around Town

 I have been trying to get Dante out to new places about every other day, so when my mom and sister said they were going to take her senior pictures, Dante and I decided to tag along.

We live in a really cute town, and this was the perfect opportunity for us to see it better and for Dante to explore as well.

They started at the library.  Since Dante is too young to take inside, we walked around some, but mostly just watched the world go by.

I loved the benches outside because Dante could lay under them and I could still see what he was licking doing.

 After the library, we headed into the historic part of town.  Dante got to practice his stairs, and I was amazed, yet again, that he went up and down open-backed stairs AND the very steep steps of an old train!

We got to hang out on the porch of an old log cabin:

Dante also got to experience the train up-close:

Of course he had to crash some pictures too! 

We were out for about an hour-and-a-half.  It was the longest I have ever taken Dante out, and to say he was tired is an understatement!   He was out cold within a few minutes of getting home.  "A tired puppy is a good puppy" - Mission accomplished! ;)