Day One

This is Kona on Day One of his new life, May 31, 2008.

Today, July 6th, he weighs in at 12.8 lbs!!!

On the 4th of July, Kona had visitors over for a pool party. Jason, Aunt Debbie and Jerrod. He did very well with meeting the new people because new people bring good things (treats). Aunt Debbie "showed" him how to swim...sort of. He is still a bit afraid of the water, but getting more brave everyday.

Kona's favorite things:

Sleeping.....

Chewing on wood chips.....

Sleeping.....

Chasing cats......

Sleeping.....

Biting Mom......

Sleeping.....

Barking at Lucy.......

Sleeping.....

Stealing FlipFlops......

Eating......

Right now he sleeps a lot. He is just learning that food is valuable. I was "free feeding" him, but I am reading a great book that Debbie gave me from the Whole Dog Journal that says to make food highly valuable by only leaving it down for 20 mins. The first day I did it, he was like "WHAT!!!???", where did my food go! I felt bad!

Kone-Man will start puppy Kindergarten on Wednesday. It is mainly for socialization. He was probably removed from his Mama and the pack too soon. Being with other puppies will help him learn to not bite as hard (biting hard causes other puppies to stop playing with you!) and how to play well with others. I would like him to grow up to be nice around other dogs...unlike his big sister!!

We are still working on not chasing the cats....but it is so funny (bad!!!). Jeets is probably doing the best with him. He at least lets Kona sniff him before he takes off. Got Milk just hisses and swats him. She swats him about 8 times in quick succession and he just looks at her like it is a game.....oh boy....."he is gonna be alotta work"....right Hunny!???