Cheese!

Whoever said that dogs can't smile hasn't clapped their eyes on this pic of Buddy and a very toothless Charlotte:

Crouching Charlotte, Smiling Buddy



And if you needed any further evidence, here's a pic taken about six years ago of our girl Lucy with The Best Dog In The World - Raffi. Raffi lived with me from about 9 weeks old until he was four and then went to live with my brother Barry and his girlfriend, Jo. He was a truly brilliant - if not overly-intelligent- dog and when he passed away, he left a huge hole in all our hearts. Here he is, smiling on a sunny day with Lucy after a walk up the Braes



So - back to the Bud Miester. After graduating from the Puppy foundation class at Wizard of Paws, we've progressed onto the Novice course! Last night was the first class and we were reinforcing our relationships with our dogs by getting them to pay attention to us from periods of 2 seconds up to about 20 seconds. I think Buddy successfully managed three seconds with our going to try and get a wee fly sniff at the Labradoodles' derriere. So charming. I can see that Buddy has the makings of being a really, really great dog - we just need to be consistent and regular with his training to get him there! But, if we stick with it, you never know, he could end up resembling a real dog after all...