Abbey Update

Just a quick update on Abbey (can't believe I haven't posted for so long). Abbey is fantastic! At her last weigh in about 6 weeks ago, she was 52 lbs, so a little on the smaller side......although many people at the park still comment that "she is going to be huge!" I kind of disagree.

2 weeks ago, we had a training company called Bark Busters come to our home and work with is for an afternoon on many areas to improve Abbey's behaviour. Her biggest problem area is walking nicely on a leash. She likes to pull and I usually end up running behind her. This still may take some time and lots of practice, but she is really getting much better. She also has a new area to wait in when visitors come to the door...and she is getting the hang of it. One thing (thank goodness) she has never done is bark when the doorbell rings. So she just quietly goes and waits on the carpet in the living room....most of the time. She is still having a very hard time NOT licking the dishes in the dishwasher when we are loading it.......hopefully that will come...but it may require a lot of willpower.

Overall she is terrific, happy and generally well behaved. She has a very cute routine where every night when the kids are going to bed she goes to each of their rooms and spends some time lying on their bed with them. The kids love this! It's like her own way of saying goodnight.

Will try to be more dilligent about updating...I feel like a bad mom.....