Last night I wanted to see if Cherokee, now 7 months old, is as tall as I am.
And for sure, he can look me in the eye when on his hind feet.
I have to help him to get up on his hind legs. No easy feat!
I decided while we were at it, to try to teach him to "Stand Up and Kiss Me." I used a...
Yesterday, Cherokee was "smelling" all sorts of plants in the garden.
Here he is smelling the Texas Ranger. He was fascinated by that plant for some reason. He smelled it for at least 5 minutes.
Then he went on the Marigolds, which to me don't smell all that great!
I decided to check on my...
Cherokee loves finding and carrying around big sticks. He found this pine branch in the backyard yesterday.
But... when he attempted to run in his normal "racetrack" around the yard he made a discovery. Sorry the photo is blurry.
He soon learned he has to turn his head to get the stick...
A couple of weeks ago I pulled out my old prong collar, and used it on Cherokee. It only takes a few times of using that collar and they quit pulling, at least when the prong collar is on. I have harness, the has both top and front rings. The front ring pulls the dog toward you if they pull...
Poor baby!! I am working on a series of photos of Cherokee and our "adventure" in the garden today! We have to go on a walk so it will be later tonight before I finish it.
Two of the plants have been going since last fall, so we did have a couple of them get ripe in the past few weeks. Thankfully we only had one freezing night last winter!
Love the photo! He sure is bigger!! So far Cherokee hasn't put his legs behind him. All my other "mastiff" types have liked to do that too. This was our beloved "Nimrod" a Bordeaux Mastiff. Just a pup in that photo with my napping sister in law.
Oh here is my Old English Sheepdog as a pup lying...
I posted some comparison photos on this thread..
http://www.theeasygarden.com/threads/cherokee-still-growing-bigger.16856/#post-214040
But here is how much he grew last month.