[nagdu] I'm back

[Snow White Dove]

Wanted to write to tell you all that I finally did it.  I know Cynprobably let you guys know already, but I figured I'd write myself.

I came home August 9th with an English Black lab named Shasta.  

He's a wonderful worker and has a great personality, but boy I wasn't sure of the personality part in the beginning or whether I could handle him at all.  

If he had not been on leash I think he'd have bounced off the walls all on his own steam.  

He settled down, and things are pretty cool now, but being 19 months old, he's a chewer.  I've had him on leash since I got him, and everything was fine till I got home with my brand new leather leash which he chewed in half in a perfectly streight line in two seconds flat.  
Needless to say, I was embarrassed to call the school to order a new leash, but more embarrassed when the head trainer answered the phone.  He was cool about it, well for him, and said to give him a couple of weeks to get more leashes as theyn were out.  

I'm hoping they'll just give me a new one, but I don't think I'll be that lucky.

Also, he appears to be a dog, but is a beaver.  He eats anything wooden outside, and I can't seem to break him of it.  I've said no, leash corrections, drop it and removed sticks and twigs from his mouth.  ug.

Hope to hear from you guys soon.  I just did a mass delete before I wrote you all, so if you wrote me about Shasta, please forgive me and send it again.

Have a great day.

Jenny