Jack continues to do well and is getting along great with our border collie and lab. They all play well together despite the sharp puppy teeth chewing on legs and limbs. Jack is very interested in chew toys and has not chewed on any wires, furniture or other household things. His favorite toy, by far is the Kong. It has been a life and limb saver for us and our dogs. When it comes to household items, Jack has learned very quickly what is and isn't okay to play with. He did not disturb the Christmas tree or try to eat any decorations over the holidays.

He is doing very well at going to the door and ringing the bell when he needs to go out so there hasn't been an accident in 3+ weeks. He loves to play in the snow in Chicago we can get some pretty big drifts and its funny to see him hop through the yard and sink into the snow. Unfortunately with the snow comes little puppy paw prints, but thankfully he is learning to come in the door and sit for inspection before entering the house.

Jack had a bath recently and it was a fun experience. At first Jack was resistant to going near the water, partially because our border collie heads for the hills when the tub turns on, but he warmed up to it. Thankfully he followed our Lab's example and jumped right in. The second he did though you could see a look of shock on his face, like he wasn't expecting the water would make him wet... so we started with the treats. The more treats he got the more relaxed he was, towards the end of the bath, he was actually enjoying it. Unfortunately, if as soon as we turned our backs to get some towels Jack took the opportunity to jump out of the tub, soaking wet, and shake himself dry. After we towel dried him he proceeded to try and further dry himself on our furniture, our dogs, and us.

We have discovered that Jack is another one of those tennis ball obsessed border collies. He loves them! We walked over to his bed one day and found him, and at least a dozen tennis balls. He was switching from chewing on one tennis ball to another. He was in paradise. As for right now though, Jack is still oblivious to the fetch concept. He prefers to either chew on the tennis balls or pounce on them. Sometimes he acts more like a weird looking cat than a dog.

Jack is learning very quickly. he has gotten much better at sit, although down still needs some work. We are also working on stay, but that is taking a little longer. He continues to explore his environment and is very curious. Everyday he will run up to one of the baby gates we have blocking a room and jump on it. It will the fall with an extremely loud clatter. This would send our dogs running in the other direction but Jack will just walk over it with a very proud look on his face and continues his exploring.

We took him to the vet again and found out that he has a mite, but it is very treatable. The medicine we got is working very quickly and it's already looking better. When he had to get his shots though, he wasn't the happiest camper. He was jumping around and crying a lot, the vet then made sure to give a local atheistic before inserting the microchip. Jack also had his nails clipped for the first time and he was very good about it. So far, Jack has yet to lose any of his puppy teeth, so there will be a little more time under the knives for us and the dogs.

He has met many new people over the past few weeks and was warm and friendly to all. He insists on running up to people giving them a few kisses and then slipping in a little nip. Since we all had to go back to school and work after the holidays, Jack has been spending more hours in his kennel and doesn't resist it. although he is extremely energetic after only a few hours in there and can be fairly nippy when he comes out, but that's a puppy for you.