What Lucy Can Do
at 5 months old.
Lucy had her first puppy class. She is a very eager student, and despite eating her blanket during the instruction period, she quickly learned the basics.
We were told that these first few months are the best time to teach her as many tricks as possible since her brain is still so plastic.
Lucy has already taught herself quite a lot. Here is what Lucy can do at 5 months old.
Sit stay.
Hide in the chair and then leap onto her sister’s back when she walks past. Her sister, who already trended towards neurotic, has developed an eye twitch and the hypervigilance of a combat vet.
Down stay while loudly sharing her opinion of this undignified position via moans, whines, hoos and barks.
Steal plums from the counter, take one bite, and then hide them under furniture.
Jump on.
Testing her puppy pen for weaknesses and then busting through like the Kool-Aid man, using a running start and her hard little head as a battering ram.
Touch.
Eating anchovies on the beach in enormous quantities at enormous speed before the humans can intervene.
Leave it, unless it is an anchovy.
Snuggling, but only after 9 pm when she is too sleepy to resist.
Ah, the puppy stage. 😆 Belle, our beagle, was a voracious eater -- of books.
Love this post.