Claire is a funny little girl.  We do a lot of laughing together.  She loves reading and learning new words as well as playing.....hard.  She is not afraid of getting in the mix with the other kids and often gravitates towards older kids to play with.  She loves all of her classmates and really enjoys going to school to see them every day.


Thanksgiving family photo at Freedom Park.  I staged the camera and put it on the 10 second timer which gave Parker and me just enough time to get into position.  Missing in the photo is Budinski.


Claire had a bit of a meltdown and decided to flop on the floor.  She is the sweetest little girl most of the time but every so often when she is hungry or tired she'll let us know about it.  I think it's good to have a little fiest in you but we try to avoid it as much as possible.


I've been doing a lot of studying on dog training and we're making good progress.  We first worked on pack structure and have also started working on marker training to teach him the different commands in a fun manner.  We'll slowly add distractions when the time comes.  As of right now he will consistently do SIT, DOWN, TOUCH (follow the hand), STAY, and will go to his bed on the PLACE command when there aren't any distractions.  I'm slowly adding distractions and he's doing pretty good.  He's very food driven which makes the training easier since he stays engaged with me during our training sessions.  He's also building his endurance while running and his longest run so far is 4 miles.  I think he prefers the 1.25 mile run at 5:30 pace over the slower 4 mile run though.