Well, He is surely big, smart and Handsome. But enough about me from a third person prospective, Everyone meet Kona, our new 1 year old Chocolate Lab (a touch of Chesapeake Bay Retriever). He is about 65 lbs. right now and according to the vet "In perfect health".We recently adopted Kona from some people that did not long have the time to give him. Here he is in pictures from an obedience training session.
Lola, as seen here, is just as excited about our decision to add a new dog to the family. Actually, she has been doing so well, and we are so proud of her. She has surely let him know who's house he is in, but also has let him get comfortable in his new digs. We were a little nervous, since she has always been a little screwy with other dogs, however, I think she is enjoying having her personal bodyguard around.
Kona and I found out that were are going to be accepted into the VERY preliminary training for Search and Rescue Training though CARDA and we are excited. We have a lot to work to do to even make the apprenticeship program and then become ready to work, but he is smart and I think he will do fine....me on the other hand.....we'll see. All I know is in the short time we have had time he has done FANTASTIC with his obedience and trusting me. He really has excelled in numerous tasks, as you can see in the pictures. The ones in the field and the play structure are his "Training" pictures. One of the things I have been told for a working dog, is to get them as used to the unusual as possible. Let the dog know that he can go into whatever tell him to and trust that he won't get hurt. So, these are preliminary "tests" just to see where our trust and bond are. I'd say pretty good. Well, I got lots to do with the dogs (its off to the park and let them run run run). enjoy the slide show pictures, and please leave me your comments. Also, ignore the sound on the video, I was being nice
Also, a full Flickr slide show can be seen here: Kona and Lola
