Congratulations to our Graduate!

Congratulations are in order for our big Scout Girl! Tonight she completed Week 6 of Puppy Class! We ended things with a pool party, and Scout was the bravest swimmer in class! We are so proud of our girl. To celebrate, we took her to get a puppy ice cream cone, which she devoured in approximately six bites. Of course, my camera ran out of battery before I could catch that action. Next time...

Scout, this post is dedicated to you. First, let's start by meeting her classmates:

In back, we have Eva. Eva only made it to a couple of classes, but she really came a long way. Spencer threw her in the pool tonight, and she was a pretty good sport about it. Congrats, Eva.

The Collie is Grace. Grace was the shy student, not very interested in socializing with the other puppies in the class, but very interested in chatting with their mommies. I think my girl probably overwhelmed her a bit with her outgoingness, but Grace made it through. High five, Grace.

And in front, our best friend from class, Sally. Sally was our favorite friend. We like when she tried to bite our face off, and in return, we grabbed her by the inside of her mouth and drug her around the room. Every week. We will miss sweet Sally. Congratulations big girl!

P.S. Sally was actually a stray and is looking for a home. She is a sweet girl, and very smart. Not such a big fan of the water, but other than that, she was great. Please let me know if you are interested in this lovely lady!

And, of course lounging around in front, my girl.

And now, for a little reflection on how far we've come this semester...

First Day of School: So excited!

This is our first day of class, meeting all our new friends!

P.S. Why does she look so tiny in this picture? Has she really grown that much? She has like, DOUBLED in size!

So this is us a few weeks later, playing with our friends:

And then, of course, trying to eat our best friend Sally.

And then, just when we thought we couldn't possibly have any more fun, we got to go swimming!! We were a little nervous at first...

But then we felt a little better...

And then her Papa threw her in, and she was forced to just go for it. (P.s...this is about the time my camera ran out of battery. What else is new. I don't even have pictures of her diving OR her back flip into the deep end.)

All in all, it was a great day, and I am so proud of my girl and the rest of her class for making it through Puppy School! Can't wait to take all we've learned and master some really great tricks and commands! She is such a smart girl!

And a tired girl. In fact, this is what she is doing right now, as I am writing this:

It was such a big day for this sleepy girl.

Congratulations, Puppy Class of 2010.

Love,

One Proud Mom