Merlin 7 months
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:21 pm
Its been a while since I have been able to put pics of Merlin up. We have been soooo busy, Im lucky I get to check the forum a few times a week 
Anyway, I was off work today and it was so nice outside so I decided I would tire him out and take some pics. After playing and doing some training with him for a couple of hours he still was not tired! So some of these shots I had to tie him up, just to get!!!!! He has been doing really well, has a great recall and is learning so well. He is also doing better with not digging under the fence He is becoming more protective during certain situations, but he is defintely still all puppy He's out growing his large crate, so I'm thinking of just trapping him in the kitchen at night to see how he does. Anyway, here are some new pics of our handsome Merlin, who is now known as The Destroyer seeing as how he completely destroyed a stuff animal and dragged the stuffing all over the yard! You will see it in the photos! Im also having to put water in a big dish and put it in a hole he has dug, just so he doesn't tip it over... he is a brat! He knows if he dumps the water, I bring more
Anyway, I was off work today and it was so nice outside so I decided I would tire him out and take some pics. After playing and doing some training with him for a couple of hours he still was not tired! So some of these shots I had to tie him up, just to get!!!!! He has been doing really well, has a great recall and is learning so well. He is also doing better with not digging under the fence He is becoming more protective during certain situations, but he is defintely still all puppy He's out growing his large crate, so I'm thinking of just trapping him in the kitchen at night to see how he does. Anyway, here are some new pics of our handsome Merlin, who is now known as The Destroyer seeing as how he completely destroyed a stuff animal and dragged the stuffing all over the yard! You will see it in the photos! Im also having to put water in a big dish and put it in a hole he has dug, just so he doesn't tip it over... he is a brat! He knows if he dumps the water, I bring more 
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Seems like people get DS and then they get spread all over the place 
Merlin says he will rip up stuff animals with Marco anytime! I was looking through all my pictures of Merlin just to take a look at his leg, I couldnt help but want to post and now and then. The first pic will be of his brother Soba, poor little baby rest in peace(he was 5 weeks old in the pic). I will always miss that sweet little baby, but we are MORE than happy to have saved his brother, Merlin. The other will be Merlin right when we got him (those who haven't seen the pictures before look at his joints and feet) and then Merlin now 
scares the crap out of me, wish he couldn't have more! 
) I almost had second thoughts about the breed all together. The dog is vicious. The dog was clawing to get to us and eat our faces off. Its scary.... considering I know there are several things he lied to me about, then charged me for a second dog, when mine died at 7 weeks ( I get it, he didn't think that it had anything to do with him). Not only did he charge me more then what I paid for Soba, he said that he had to beg these people who loved this puppy to sell him to me..... freaking liars loved him so much he was crated til his legs grew wrong. I often wonder now if the things that happen to Soba are because he was way to young to even be away from his mom and eating solid food from the beginning, or even some other health problem. Who knows. I do know, its very scary to think of him trying to sell these dogs to people in this area for 1000 bucks, knowing he won't get that for them... which is why he ended up selling them on craigslist for 200 bucks to begin with. Uggg, Im glad I saved Merlin, but I could go on forever 
. Here is to a long life with my handsome Merlin. Oh and thanks to everyone on the forum for sharing experiences and ideas with me 
