Hi Nicky!
I just wanted to stop by and say that Morani has brought an immense amount of joy into our lives. He is such a special boy with the best character. He is pretty calm in public and enjoys playing with us at home, but also knows when it's time to relax. I thought it might be nice for you to see a few photos of him from the day we brought him home to more recent photos of the little guy.
From the first day we brought him home he loved finding leaves in the garden and bringing them back to him bed to chew on. He's always loved being around people and has become best friends with his border collie friend, Buddy. He absolutely loves the beach and loves sitting on my feet while I'm in the kitchen cooking.
Morani is definitely growing at the speed of light and came in at 17kg at 21 weeks. We're told by everyone that he has huge feet and as a result will be a big boy, I guess we'll wait and see. Neither Forres or Summer are large Labradors so I doubt Morani would be a giant Lab :)
The first night at home couldn't have gone any smoother than it did. Morani slept so peacefully until we took him out to go to the toilet and then went back to sleep straight away. Toilet training has been so simple with him, we are so grateful.
He definitely loves to please and loves being trained. His focus on us when he's in a training session is out of this world. In a short period of time, he knows how to sit, lie down, wait, come, shake, wave, leave it, give, come in between our legs, walk on our left and he's getting really good at loose leash walking. The best test has been with our Christmas tree which surprisingly has gone really well, I ask him to leave it and come to me and he looks at the baubles one last time and comes to me happily.
Hubert is talking about potentially getting into gun dog training which I think he would love. As he loves playing fetch, but we'll see if we really want to pursue that. If we did, would you know of a trainer we could approach?
Thank you for choosing us to be Morani's parents. Every day I feel so special being his dog Mum and having such a special dog in our life.
Wishing you, Adam and all the dogs a very Merry Christmas.
Emma