The Big World Awaits

Martin is learning there is more to his "World" than just tug toys, mean cats and feeding time!
Martin is now almost 4.5 months old and doing great! He is growing and maturing quite nicely!

He received his shots and is now able to venture out into the WORLD!! He was able to meet Arnie, the vet's bird! Though, Arnie didn't talk with Martin that day!

He had his first outing with The Girl and The Grandma to Fred Meyers! They said he did VERY well!

Of course he drew lot's of attention, which means the good and the bad!
The good, people who understand what you are doing, respectfully chat with you and move on. The bad, people who approach without asking and immediately start touching your dog.

Exhibit A - The Tri-met bus driver - The Good!

Exhibit B - The Lady - The Bad -

As raisers you come accustomed to all different types of people who want to approach and chat. You soon learn that you can say "Sorry, not right now, he needs to concentrate" The Girl will learn to get better at that.

At The Grandmas house Martin is involved in all sorts of activities. Here he's watching (in amazement) the ball rolling down the slide! It's so good for Martin to be a part of this. He just stayed there and watched intently. He didn't jump for the ball, bark or get overly excited.

While at The Mom and The Girls house Martin got to experience his very first SNOW DAY!!! Boy was that some exciting stuff! Look at how adorable this little guy is!

Martin also had some time trying to figure out who the doggie in the mirror was!

We've been attending our puppy meetings. Some of the pictures are from the meeting at a local library where we worked on loose leash walking. The other pictures are from an outing to a local veterinary clinic where we were able to work around all sorts of smells and different noises. We were able to put our dogs on a lift, on a scale and in a kennel.