I can't believe he was 17 weeks on Thanksgiving. How the time flys. He's doing so well for a puppy it amazes me. Normally I only have to tell him something once and he gets it. Except slippers. He just loves them to much not to grab them. Also he's decided the tree skirt on my Christmas tree is his bed. He's very careful and hasn't knocked down any ornaments so I've been letting him sleep under there. His potty training is very good. He almost always whines if he has to go. Last week I decided he could have run of the front half of the house so I was worried he might not let us know he had to go out and hooked up a bell to the door. He took right to it and gives a little jingle if he needs to go outside.
We went to the Vet on Friday. It was supposed to be Wednesday but they closed due to a lovely snow storm. I must say I love this Vet and am so glad I went with them. He got his last set of distemper/parvo and all that. I thought he would get his rabies but the Vet said since shelties are often more reactive to vaccines that she wanted to wait 4 weeks and not overload his system. Have I mentioned I really like her
Just the anmount of knowledge she has amazes me. Anyway he did great and she's very happy with his progress. He's weighing in at 15.7 pounds now. Managed to gain 3 pounds in 4 weeks. She was very happy with this because last time she said he was a little lean. He free feeds but we've stopped the wet food. He seems to do better just on dry.
Next week I plan to do a bunch of photos for the big 18 weeks but in the meantime I couldn't not put up one of him at 17 weeks. Fair warning it's almost to adorable.
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo325/JP532003/Mobile Uploads/image-12.jpg
We went to the Vet on Friday. It was supposed to be Wednesday but they closed due to a lovely snow storm. I must say I love this Vet and am so glad I went with them. He got his last set of distemper/parvo and all that. I thought he would get his rabies but the Vet said since shelties are often more reactive to vaccines that she wanted to wait 4 weeks and not overload his system. Have I mentioned I really like her
Just the anmount of knowledge she has amazes me. Anyway he did great and she's very happy with his progress. He's weighing in at 15.7 pounds now. Managed to gain 3 pounds in 4 weeks. She was very happy with this because last time she said he was a little lean. He free feeds but we've stopped the wet food. He seems to do better just on dry. Next week I plan to do a bunch of photos for the big 18 weeks but in the meantime I couldn't not put up one of him at 17 weeks. Fair warning it's almost to adorable.

http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo325/JP532003/Mobile Uploads/image-12.jpg


I simply had to try.
I had to laugh at the Christmas tree skirt "bed"...what an incredibly good pup not to be trying to topple the tree or pull off the ornaments. 
thanks for sharing the picture!