Hope Thursday is good for everyone! I'm hoping for the same for me. Last week was very stressful. Nikko is going through his adolescence, he's just turned 10 months old. And dang, it shows. He's basically lost the ability to follow commands (unless inside). His 'come' command, which was really good, is non-existent. He hears the call, looks up, flips you off, and then goes back to chasing the rabbit/vole/shrew/mouse/frog/toad/insect/puff-of-smoke he was after. Last week, on Thursday, he somehow broke through a picket fence (in the less than 10 minutes he was outside), which was covered with chicken wire (to stop him breaking through the picket fence) and raced acres away into the neighbor's horse fields. My husband went after him to try to make sure Nikko didn't get lost in the forest or swamp, and Nikko thought that was fun. He ran and played and chased things and ran. I thought we were going to lose him for good, but hubby eventually was able to grab him. It took us 2 to 3 hours to get Nikko back into safety. We think Nikko dug through a rabbit tunnel under the fence, although we aren't sure. Anyway, Nikko's area is now triple fenced and any other area he's allowed in, unleashed, will be triple fenced as well. Never had to do that with our other dogs - the picket fence was enough, but they were females and maybe that makes a difference?

So that's my poor excuse for not being able to answer posts very quickly last week. My apologies. I'll do my best to answer quickly and be part of things this week!

So post what's up! We wanna hear it!