Getting to know you!!

Our new CCI puppy is named Cash.  He is a lab/ golden cross but carries more of the lab characteristics physically but his personality is more of the golden retriever.  He is a precocious little guy.  At times seemingly smart beyond his time but still very much a puppy learning the ropes of becoming a CCI puppy and part of our pack.



Our release dog Curtis however wants nothing to do with the little guy.  Of the four puppies that we have now had, the only pup that Curt has really accepted was Pazzo.  Cash is taking full advantage of Curtis not wanting anything to do with him by taking his sleeping places, his bones; what ever Curtis has Cash wants.

We have had Cash almost three weeks now.  He just turned 12 weeks old this past weekend and now weighs almost 19 lbs.  He has gained almost 2 pounds a week since we brought him home.

As all puppies do, everything goes into his mouth just like a human child.  Leaves, sticks, paper, you name it, if he can get to it he will vacuum it into his mouth faster than you can blink.  I forget from one puppy to the next how fast puppies can do that.

CCI requires that we acclimate the pups to a gentle leader or halty as some are called.  Cash loathes his.  He is the worst of the four pups that we have had.  We will have our work cut out in getting him over the wearing of it.

And one other issue that we will have to work on early and often is his control in greeting.  Cash seems to carry the excitable characteristic that most goldens have with their love of people and being around people especially greeting new people.  A lot of no look, no talk, no touch and a lot of treats.  Will he out grow it by February 2014?  We will see!!