Ole says no more lunch

At now 7 months and 66+ lbs, Ole's biggest growth spurt is finished. He will still continue to grow but just not as quickly as he did between 16 weeks and 7 months. He will reach about full height at 10 months and will continue to fill out until around 3 years when mental maturity sets in. His brain will be fully formed at 1 year but he won't have read the users manual until 3 to 3&1/2. His appetite has also slowed. I made him lunch yesterday (the usual 2 cups ) and he wasn't interested in it at all. I had a private lesson to go to and I was only going to take Shelly as my assistant , so I left Elmo loose in the house and put Ole in his crate with a chewy. When we got back from the lesson, Abner had also just gotten home a couple of minutes before us and told me that Elmo didn't even get up to greet him when he got home. I took one look at Elmo and realized that I had forgotten to pick up Ole's bowl before I left. Elmo ate ALL of Ole's lunch!!= 2 cups of food! Elmo weighs (weighed?) 19 lbs . His tummy was so full he could barely get up. No dinner for Elmo last night that was for sure! He was none the worst for wear this morning just his normal cheery self. Probably dreamed all night about his big score at Ole's food bowl. He is Elmo the opportunist for sure.
Ole had his last beginning obedience class last night. He was very good. It was a review class of all we had learned the first 5 weeks and he has improved a lot.....Sit and sit stay, down and down stay, stand, come heel , leave it and lots of eye contact training. At home and at the park we also work a lot with fetch as it is a great not only bonding game but gives him a good work out..

This morning on our morning training walk we met up with one of his girl friends, little Taz the yorkie minpin, chihuahua mix. He is quite taken with her and did everything he knew to get her attention. She would briefly flirt with him and then terrorize him with a quick correction for being so forward. He loved it! After our morning chores, I dropped Ole at daycare and then took Shelly and Elmo to Fiesta Island so that Elmo could run off his huge meal from the day before. Eating all that food did not slow him down at all , he gave Shelly a run for her money. We ran into one of our Mission Beach neighbors who also has 3 dogs. They normally always bark at each other because they always see each other when they are on leash. They were all off leash at Fiesta so no barks just friendly relaxed greetings on neutral ground. Too bad Ole missed out .

I had an appointment so took the dogs home and went to that then on my way home stopped and picked up Ole. he was good in daycare as always but was a little worried apparently when one of the caregivers put on an elephant mask. They gave him treats while wearing the mask and pretty soon he thought the mask was a real good idea. Socialization and desensitization continues , age should not stop it.

I went to my studio and Ole napped while I worked on the new art collage and then we drove over to Dusty Rhodes Park where I met with a client and she got to meet Ole for the first time. I did not take Ole into the dog park. he had done enough socializing for one day and I didn't know any of the dogs that were at the park. We stayed out in the grassy area and Pam and I talked. Then Ole and I went home and I did some house work and then all 3 dogs and I went over to Donna's house and we all walked over to a local rec center where we practiced their nosework homework. Ole was A MANIAC to do his turns. Fortunately as soon as he started working he calmed down and concentrated on the job. They all did well. We're going to practice again tomorrow and Sunday.