Tucker's Timeline

2002-10-30: Birth!

2002-12-17: We drive to California.

2002-12-18: Pick up Tucker and drive home.

2002-12-20: Vet says "excellent health". 13.25 LBS

2002-12-22: Seems to know his name.

2002-12-24: Starts looking up at our faces instead of at our shoes.

2002-12-26: 15.25 LBS

2002-12-29: Seems to know "come" and almost "sit".

2003-01-14: 22.60 LBS

2003-01-15: Started clicker training.

2003-01-21: Spontaneously put toy back in his toy box before getting a new one.

2003-01-29: Has "sit" and "lie down" down pat. Also knows "come", but is still selective about it.

2003-02-04: Has "drop it" learned, working on "leave it".

2003-02-06: 37.20 LBS

2003-02-11: Can finally make it up onto the couch - truly a sign of Big Boy-ness.

2003-02-16: Starts working with a Gentle Leader(fabulous). He's sensitive to nylon, though, so we have to cover the muzzle portion of it with moleskin so he won't itch.

2003-02-17: Begins working on "roll over" (which will one day become "bang!")

2003-02-18: Graduated Puppy Kindergarten!

2003-02-25: Learns the hard way that lawn mushrooms are a danger, not a delicacy. 41.80 LBS

2003-03-05: Ring bell for service: successfully rings string of bells hanging from back door when he'd like to go outside to relieve himself (translation: our first potty-training success!)

2003-03-14: 51.4 LBS

2003-04-03: 60.8 LBS

2003-04-05: Starts Beginning Obedience class

2003-04-15: 64.2 LBS

2003-05-03: Graduated Basic Obedience!

2003-05-10: 73.6 LBS

2003-05-30: 86.2 LBS

2003-07-03: He's going through a really pushy teenager phase, so we're being very vigilant with our dominance exerices (see Patricia McConnell's "How To Be the Leader of the Pack...").

2003-07-05: 94.4 LBS

2003-07-12: Starts Intermediate Obedience class.

2003-07-27: Looks like his growth is slowing way down - 96.6 LBS

2003-08-07: Tucker is now an X-Man (*sniktsnikt*). 99.2 LBS

2003-08-23: Graduated Intermediate Obedience!

2003-10-04: Tucker's developed some itchy skin issues. The vet suspects food allergies, so we're trying him on an allergy diet based on duck and potatoes, and we'll see how that goes.

2003-10-26: Tucker acts as Best Dog at our wedding. Although he does not drink too much and make off-color toasts, he does attempt to dig to China during the vows and is removed.

2003-10-30: Happy Birthday, Tucker! His allergy diet not only didn't help his itchiness, but also made him cranky and obnoxious. He obviously isn't getting the proper nutrition from it, so we've gone back to his regular food, Flint River Ranch.

2003-11-04: Within half a day back on his regular food, Tucker is back to his same goofy and affectionate self.

2003-11-25: Tucker remains the Belle of Cooper Mountain Kennels, where he's boarded when we travel. Pretty ladies that play with him 3 times a day and let him jump all over the place and don't persist with this irritating obedience nonsense - he's in hog heaven. We can't reccommend this place highly enough!

2003-12-04: 108.3 lbs.

2004-01-01: Begins work on "shake", which truth be told he already knows - it's just a matter of having him do it when WE want.

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