We were so excited to have Maverick turn one year old. He got three new toys and we sung him happy birthday. Really. Haley said she could see why people can spoil their pets – it’s just so fun to see another living being so.very.happy with something simple like a new toy (we didn’t give him all his new toys at once… spreading out the joy).
At one year old, Maverick weighs 80 pounds and knows about 53 words or commands. He loves to swim, hike, go for walks, play with a frisbee or ball on a rope, snuggle, and eat treats. He is an absolute joy to have around the house. He hasn’t had an “accident” in the house since the first week we had him, he hasn’t damaged anything that wasn’t his (okay once he tore a page in a book that a child left IN THE YARD OUTSIDE), and he barks at all abnormal things like cars parked where they shouldn’t be, people visiting, and squirrels.
Maverick’s commands:
- Ball
- Basket
- Bed (go to bed)
- Bone
- Breakfast
- Carry
- Come
- Dinner
- Dog
- Down
- Downstairs
- Drop it
- Find
- Fish
- Get it
- Go home
- Good
- Goodnight
- Haley
- Hurry up
- Ice
- Inside
- Jim
- JT
- Kennel
- Kiss
- Leave it
- Let’s go
- Load up
- Muddy paws
- No
- Off
- Okay
- Out
- Outside
- Quiet
- Roll
- Shake
- Sit
- Soggy doggy
- Speak
- Stay
- Stick
- Swim
- Through
- Toy
- Treat
- Tug
- Up
- Upstairs
- Wait
- Walk
- Water
If you feel like it, compare that to Slider’s 5 Year Old word list. It gives us some new ideas to try with Maverick… although he knows some that Slider never got!
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