D'Artagnan the Dog Update

Well, D'Artagnan has been with us almost 2 months now and is approaching his 4 month birthday. He is now twice as tall and 3 times as long as he was when we got him. Lori has been working very hard training him and doing a lot reading and studying on how to create a "perfect" dog. Things have worked pretty well. D'Artagnan has us trained to take him out to do his business. Lori has him going to the back door and either barking or scratching on the door. He appears to be pretty smart, but boy is he stubborn. He is in a puppy class currently. Talk about a bunch of hyper animals...none of them can sit still...too much to distract them. This big ol' puppy just loves little kids and other dogs. He has socialized very well and so far hasn't had too many problems with others...except for cats...he likes them, but all they want to do is scratch his eyes out. We have taken several hikes with him and he is a trooper. Charles has a great time chasing and being chased by D'Artagnan...he (the dog) leaps and runs circles around Charles.