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Big-time Button

Just got a message via Flickr that a photo I took a couple weeks back of Button made it to Purina’s Pet Charts – a collection of pet stories, pictures and videos. She’s currently ranked #2 – help me get her to No. #1! Vote for the photo here:

http://petcharts.purina.com/Default.aspx?day=2009-4-13

UPDATE 04/14: Button’s picture hit #1 for the day, and is only a handful of votes away from being #1 for the week! Lets see if we can get her to #1 for the month!

This is the pic (had I known anyone was going to look at it, I…

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Pupdate: Some new photos

Just a quickie to say that Button is doing great. I’ve started teaching her some basic commands, and she’s a quick study. She’s got sit, stay, come here, lie down, no and ok figured out. Today I’ll work on teaching her “roll over” and “spin”. It amazes me how easy goldens are to train – with just a bit of incentive they quickly work out exactly what you want them to do.

Here are a few new photos of Button the Brave (Butt for short):

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Pupdate: Button the Brave

As mentioned, we recently got a new puppy named Button. Now having had a few days to get to know our newest family member, it’s neat to see her personality shining through.

Addie was the first time I ever raised a puppy, and so everything was new. I had no way of knowing what was “puppy behavior” and what was “Addie behavior” – but now with a new puppy, and armed with fresh puppy-rearing experience, the differences are more easily seen.

Whereas Addie was a friendly but shy puppy, Button is all about adventure. She gets into, under and…

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