I have never actually trained a dog. I am making a lot of mistakes but we are getting there.

We are very close in the housebreaking department. I don’t want to jinx it by saying we are there. Pride DOES come before destruction!

LuckyGirl will, for the most part, sit on command and we are learning lay down and stay down from jumping when she’s excited.

The pulling on a leash we definitely haven’t gotten mastered yet. I think she could be a sled dog! There are just so many smells to smell, and snowdrifts to dive into. Way too much to explore. What is a girl to do? There’s just so much to explore!

She has also become a little more verbal. When I tell her that it’s time for bed, she has decided to talk back a bit. She quickly quiets down and snuggles into her bed.

When we first brought her home, she was very timid, loving and calm. She slept a lot.

At present, she is still loving and calm most of the time, but now she has started to play. She seems to have attached to me most. Inside, she comes whenever I call her. Although, she’s never that far away – my shadow.

She doesn’t always mind Leonard though, unless I walk her to him.

Today, I let her go a bit away from me outside, where there’s freedom and see if she’d come when I called. I left her leash on, just in case I’d have to go after her. Something to try and grab if she didn’t come.