Happy Half Birthday, Odin! Our little buddy officially reached the six month milestone on Saturday. I’ve been looking back at photos & it’s so unreal how much he’s grown & changed since we first brought him home in May. Don’t get me wrong, he’s still very much a puppy, but he’s calmed significantly & learned so much. He’s also grown substantially. I mean, look at this progression here:
8 wks, 16 wks, & 26 weeks
16 wks & 26 wks
He reliably sits, shakes, & lays down for us now, so I think I’ll be able to more easily get photos that show his growth better. For a while, I was just happy to get one without him moving! The most recent photos in that little collage were taken last week, & he’s so shaggy right now. We’re getting him groomed this week since he can barely see at this point. It’s adorable, but he’s run into N’s legs a couple times. They play pretty intensely.
Loves his Kong & his mat
Belly rubs
Cuddles after a trip. This lasted like three seconds.
Cuddles generally last under 5 minutes
Really, really into paper
Bye bye baby teeth!
Cuddles with daddy
Cuddles & crazy eyes
He’s still not that into cuddles, but he’s started to seek them out from time to time. It’s generally short lived, but I’m totally relishing it. He’s also really into paper & destroyed a whole bunch of bills one day. I’m not sure how he managed to get to them, but hasn’t jumped out of his pen, but I won’t complain. We just can’t leave any paper around him. He even ate the label off the front of his kennel! He seems to have lost most, if not all, of his baby teeth at this point. He seemed to have a rough go of teething, so we’re pretty stoked to be out of that phase & back to eating normally.
He’s been such a gem around kids too. I’m so glad to have some friends with toddlers so he could be exposed to them early. He’s always been really gentle. I took him to some Beakerhead stuff & there were so many kids. He never got rough with them & let them manhandle him without complaint. I was so impressed. He was also great with my coworker’s young son when I brought him in to the office. It’s such a relief to not have to worry about him around kids, especially as more of our friends start having them!
Leading the way through a maze of bottles!
He was a bigger hit than the bunnies at nibbles!
A fuzzy pup in a fuzzy car! (Taste of That Thing in the Desert)
Sharing her pumpkins with O
Charming the Beakerhead volunteers
A very tired doodle after a night at Taste of That Thing in the Desert. I belted him in to stop my passenger warning from beeping.
& being his charming self with my coworkers
N is still working a lot up North, so I took him out the BC on my own for September long. The weather wasn’t amazing, but we made lots of time for some nice walks. I think he really loves being out there. There’s so much for him to explore. He can’t quite go on hikes yet, but we’ve been taking him on longer & longer walks when we have the time. I love taking him down to the river & exploring around St Patrick’s Island or Prince’s Island Park.
“Hikes” at the lake
Just the sweetest little face
Not such a little guy anymore
Snuggly
Working on being a water dog!
My boys!
Once again, I’ve overloaded this post with photos. I really can’t help it though – he’s so darned cute! We love him so much! I also put together a little video for YouTube. It’s pretty low quality, but I still really enjoy documenting his growth on video.
& is anyone really gonna complain about puppy videos? I didn’t think so.
We love you Odin!
xx,
Mom (& Dad)
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