Holy Cats! Can you believe it's been six weeks since the last update! Goodness where does the time go! Well here goes...

WOW...can you beliefe we are 6 months old??? This Little Boy has gone from the cutest little pupppy to a boisterous young beeeeeeeautiful dog in no time flat. It has been and continues to be a phenomenal journey and one of incredible reward. The Little Blessing upon us has been so magnificent and has really been fully absorbed into the Webb Ranch pack. We love him so very much and it's obviously reciprocated. It has been a wonder to wach us mold together as the family pack we've become.

We still want to chase our kitties, but all we really want to do is play and if he is even acknowldeged, more and more often it is returned. He has been known to share a food dish and eat together with his favorite feline. You should see him eating out of the same dish with the little cripple kitty, Camille. Gaining enough size to be worth of Rojo's playfulness has brought out the little puppy in the Big Dog too. It seems as though Shinzou has finally gotten big enough that Rojo looks at him as if he isn't so small he'd hurt him. Two thundering Siberians in our small home is a sight to see, but we just get out of the way and let them thunder. Poor little Abby hasn't figured out this Thing has goetten big, but Shinzou seems to get more gentle with her than one would expect.

Of course, with this age come the challenges and questions of who is in charge and where is my position. It is enlightening to see his response to the "voice" from Momma and hilarious to see him pay Daddy to "help me out here...what has come over this woman???" (many of us have the same reaction) and then to watch this young dog/huge puppy find sanctuary on Daddy's lap. He's not a little puppy anymore!!! Daddy found this to be the most entertaining puppy response he's seen yet. (I nearly laughed my head off!!)

Routine has finally come around and the "Snoberian" in him has begun to bloom. Always warm to new faces and attention, but obviously bored with the accolades of being "the most beautiful puppy I've ever seen." Our daily traverse to the office with Momma and our day working has become old hat, much the creatures of habit - both Momma and Shinzou. We're understanding the "Let's wake up Daddy" announcement every morning and promptly go running onto the bed to accommodate and the "Are you hungry?" call is answered enthusiastically with haroos! We are finally responding with a paw on the command "shake." Somehow very early on, we learned to sit whenever it might even be close to appropriate! This is the sittin'est dog you've ever seen. We will sit if there is anything to be hopeful about, treats, attention, going outside, staying out of trouble. Needless to say, it has been superb to have this engrained somehow!!

We've certainly grown...OH how we've grown!!! Standing roughly 3/4 the size of RoJo now and weighing in at 39.2lbs! Just a few more inches and it will be tough to tell the two apart from any distance very soon.

With the transition to puppydom has come some more notables:

• All our puppy teeth are gone;



• We figured out how to lift our leg and do so appropriately;



• We now load up in the backseat of the truck all on our very own without any assistance;



• We favor our nylabones for chewing BUT the precious crab griggles from Grandma Cecile is THE coveted toy;



• As you'll see in the updated pictures, our goggles have nearly disappeared;



• He is a Pro-Life Puppy and can stand on the sidewalk with a sign like the best of children on two legs and;



• On a destructive note - we've learned a great new trick from the Big Dog RoJo! DIGGING! We are very blessed that this is the ONLY notable destructive tendency.

Noteworthy dialogue between my Humans from Wednesday the 22nd:

"He is exhausted. All four of the credit union ladies were there at the SAME time...a rarity. They ALL fawned all over him and he went to each one getting all the lovin'. The new girl gave him a HANDFUL of treats and didn't demand any cuteness for them...UGH! They insist since they are "Aunties" they are entitled. He also is allowed to visit INSIDE the credit union! They are a mess...let him run around. UGH!

The vet's office is NO better. Michelle gave him a BUNCH of those phoney heartworm treats. UGH! Again, they don't care...they are entitled or so they think!

He's now sleeping soundly.

Oh, forgot to tell you. With the weather changing I keep the door mostly closed. He could NUDGE it open, but he'd rather sit on the other side and whimper until I get up and open it all the way to let him in. THEN he acts like it's been DAYS since he last saw me...He's a mess."

We apologize for the lack of updates, you have to understand we have been very busy this month and haven't had a moment to update our blog with the house being renovated and the closing of the garden for the year, etc...