Finn at 5 Months

Finn turned 5 months old on the 18th. Here are some of his milestones:

This is Finn in his "place" chewing on a turtle.

• Finn sleeps until 6:30am most days. We wake him up for a potty break at midnight, he wakes us up with a bark sometime during the 6 o’clock hour, he eats his breakfast and sometimes goes for a walk and goes back to sleep until around 10 (later if he went to the dog park the day before, not so late if not).
• He eats ¾ cup of food, three times a day.
• He is walking well on the leash and no longer pulls unless there is a dog or person he’d like to visit with.
• He is incredibly social with both dogs and people.
• He’s lost most of his baby teeth and rarely nips or mouths us.
• He is still very, very chewy though and most recently chewed the window molding through his crate. Thanks to crate training, window moldings are the only things he’s damaged in our house.
• He still rides in a crate while in the car.
• He’s just beginning to get coarse fur along his spine but still has puppy fur everywhere else. He’s beginning to get much fluffier on his neck, legs and tail.
• His favorite toy are the cheap Frisbees I buy for him at Target and WalMart. He doesn’t understand that he’s supposed to bring them back to me but he loves to chase them down and then carry them off to chew.
• He knows the following commands: sit, stay, come, down, up, wait, shake, high five, fist bump, roll over, bang, and place.
• He sits in his “place” before meals and waits patiently for us to give our OK to eat. I’ve been using this time to empty the dishwasher.
• He eats anything that is organic and on the ground, ie sticks, bark, flower buds, seed pods, etc.