Vince is Advanced for His Age

Those were the exact words that the dog trainer used today! Not that he's perfect, we had four separate "accidents" today, but he is learning his commands at a very good rate. Vince can do sit / stay / come.....as long as there isn't anyone around to distract him! He will however wait at the top or bottom of the stairs if told to stay and will wait until he is told to come before he releases so that's what the trainer was impressed with.

Since Paula is out of town Vince and I did our usual on Saturday - a visit to the vet for a booster and long walks in the park. Actually we did two park trips on Saturday. We went to the park with the fenced in tennis court before the vet. Vince loved playing catch with the tennis ball until somebody would walk near the fence, then that was his total focus point. Oh well, he is just a puppy.

We then went to Lincoln Park for a second walk after we ran some errands and had lunch. Vince is now riding in the front seat with his car harness when it's just he and I so I took some pictures to share:

Before getting to the park Vince was mildly bored. After the walk he couldn't keep his eyes open! We looped the North Pond again and then headed up to the Botanical Garden. Vincent was the first puppy that a little boy got to pet. He was very sweet, (I'll admit that I was holding his leash so that he couldn't jump up), and was very happy to receive the attention and the chance to lick hands that were coated in sugar!

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