Dakota is getting big, almost 40lb and only 5 months now. We figure he will be around 100lb when all is said and done. He has been going to dog training classes (or you could say we have) for a month now and is doing pretty good. We just got him this new bed and as you can see he sure does love it. He got fixed last week, it went pretty well, he just doesn't understand why he can't run around and play like normal. I think Will took it harder than Dakota.
He's a cuddler as you can see and a big baby. Last week he was in the car while we were having dinner and he accidentaly turned the hazards on in the car. I saw it out the window and thought it was the alarm. Lately when I get in the car the wipers are always on too. Mostly he just sleeps in the car and would rather be with us than at home.
He outgrew his old crate, so we got him this new one. We got a great deal at a new place, Tractor Supply Store. Its much roomier for him, at least for now. It should be big enough forever which is good, but now it takes up half our living room. We are trying to figure out a better long term place for it.
Both Will and I have been pretty busy lately. Its been nice to finally have some good weather heading our way - let it all melt! We can finally see big sections of lawn uncovered and of course lots of mud. Dakota has done pretty good with it so far and it hasn't been as big of a mud problem as we thought it might. He loves the lawn and likes to dig little holes in the lawn and driveway for us. We are considering getting chickens this spring and we know training Dakota with them will be lots of work. We have to decide in the next week, so we can order the chicks. It would be nice to have free range eggs all the time and they are also supposed to take care of all your tick problems (they love to eat the little guys). We just have to figure out a coop and learn more about it before we get in over our heads.
I definitely have Spring fever now, I'm ready to get out in the garden. We have already been planning our vegetable garden for this year. I can't wait for the first spring bulbs to come up, it will be happening soon.
This last picture is of Dakota playing with his buddies Bamm and Tonka, they live next door and come over often to play with Dakota. He's been sad lately that we haven't let him play when they have come over but we don't want him to break his stiches. Maybe next week.
