Sky the Puppy

Sky, our new Kelpie puppy, is 11 weeks old and weighs about 13 pounds. He's got a bold personality. Sky went to his first class of puppy "kindergarten" today. His teacher whispered that he's the smartest puppy she's ever seen. :-)

He knows commands to "sit", "down", "leave it" and "come" already. He's playing with Krypto very well - they took a couple days to figure each other's capabilities out & now have lots of fun. His paws are bigger than Krypto's already, so we estimate he'll be 45 lbs when fully grown. Krypto weighs about 40 lbs at four years old. He's learning the geography here, and seems to tell us when he needs to go out (uh, most of the time).

Sky also had two "circus dog" sessions. I have all the dogs do "circus" tricks on Friday & Saturday nights for fun - they love those sessions - lots of easy treats. I play Louis Armstrong music from the 1920s. Sky has picked up "two legs" (standing on two legs), "high five" (really high ten - both paws at once), and "hoop" (jumping through a hula hoop). He also loves pistachio nuts, just like Krypto.