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DateTuesday, October 28, 2025 at 10:12AM AuthorDarlah

Stryker continues to dumb down his play with the Yoshi pups. He gets excited to see them. He also plays more rough with the older dogs so he knows what he is doing when gentle. What a smart puppy.

He slept through the night in our bed. He did want to go to the bathroom to lay at Nathan's feet when duty called Nathan. But back to sleep he went.

He is adjusting nicely. 

He is signed up with classes at Whos Walking Who and will be joining Nafas in a class. I hope to go to at least 1 class. We shall see if we have dogs departing at the same time. I do like to go.

Today he gets a bath and goes to the vets tomorrow. 

He adjusted to no xpen fast and we give him a treat and he stays away from cords etc. 

One negative - he barks at himself in the mirrored doors and his bark is loud so we are correcting. He likes to hear his voice but when we say no, he does stop. We also use distraction to refocus him and it does work. He is a baby so he is learning. 

I really miss the pups. 

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I love that you are going through this process of having a new puppy with us. Last time you ended up with Nami so both our dogs have direct siblings at your place! I love that ❤️🐾❤️🐾

October 28, 2025 | Unregistered CommenterJo Somers

That is rather funny - isn't it. Stryker is adapting. He is too smart for his own good though. He is getting attached to Nathan. Nathan keeps calling him a her. LOL

October 28, 2025 | Registered CommenterDarlah

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