My Boston Terrier Is Smarter Than Your Honor Student

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

MOVING TO LIVEJOURNAL!

EDITED LINK TO NEW JOURNAL (see below) April 2, 2006

I'm finding that Blogspot isn't the right place for me to blog. Aston now has a journal at LIVEJOURNAL. It's so much easier to track my posts (via TAGS feature) load pics, readability, etc.

I will no longer update this journal here. Please visit us at: http://astonbaby.livejournal.com to stay in the Aston-loop! I'm in the process of transferring the posts from here over to LJ, so please be patient as I do that!

Thank you for staying with us! We'd love you to join us!

Friday, March 17, 2006

English 101

aston knows and responds to 9 English words/phrases:

SIT
DOWN
GIVE ME FIVE
UP HIGH
PRAY
COME
ROLL OVER
JUMP

(Still working on LEAVE IT/OFF)

He has now learned: CRATE.

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pesky little brother syndrome

03.14.06
aston finally got to meet and play with other bostons! poor little guy, he was like the pesky little brother, always trying to get in with the "big boys"...

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i've got my eye on you trucker!!
doh! spoke to soon! uh... oh hey, there's ozzy!

hiya ozzy! can i play? huh? huh? can i? can i?

aww, come on ozzy! i never get to play!


ok. what's the plan, guys? what are we doing today?

whee! this is fun, huh guys!

hey, yo, wait up guys! where ya going?! not too fast! i still got puppy legs!

*panting* ok, uh... yah... i'll just watch you guys from here *panting* oh wait, there's dixie! she's not a boston, but i know she'll play with me!
pinned ya, dixie!

pinned ya again! rawrr!!

Daddy Took Me To The Park!

03.13.06

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daddy took me to the park! mmm... soaking up the sun!

there was lots of grass for me to munch on, but mommy kept cleaning out my mouth and that i should "pass on grass", whatever that means.


daddy brought one of my favorite toys. ok dad, i'm ready to play!
i got it! i got it!

running with daddy is the bestest!
huh? what? was that a nasty ol' squirrel that just ran by?

hrmph! i better protect my goods!

awww, mom!! do we hafta go home now?? i was just getting started!

Friday, March 10, 2006

celebrity look-a-like

do you smeLLLL what the ROCK is cookin?!

Rockin the "PEOPLE'S EYEBROW"
aston's celebrity-look-a-like



Thursday, March 09, 2006

4months today!

Hello everyone,
Guess what! I'm a big 4 months old today! I now weigh 10.25 lbs. How do I know? Well, I went to the vet yesterday for my last shots and that's what my doctor told me. Could you believe I was 5.75 lbs when I came to my mommy and daddy on January 19?

Let's see, what have I been doing since last month?

* I go to puppy school every Sunday. I meet lots of other dogs and other people to play with. It's really a lot of fun! Sometimes I forget I'm on the small puppy side and I escape over to the big boys side. Which I don't understand anyway because I'm a big boy. People just don't know it yet.
* I went to my first puppy class. I was a little bored because mommy and daddy already taught me how to SIT and be CRADLED. I just wanted to play with the other bitches that were there. Yes, I was the only boy. Well, there was a chihuahua there, he was always hiding behind his mommy and daddy. So I chased around some really furry white doggie. I tried to get her digits, but we had to go back into the training session. Sheesh. Talk about ruinin my game.
* I know how to do a few more tricks. I can roll over all by myself. My mom played "Guess which hand" game with me. The first time, I didn't get it right. But after a few times, I figure it out! That game is fun! I also know how to do the "Give me give, up high, down low, too slow" game that mommy plays with me. Personally, I think it's a mean game, teasing me like that! I try my bestest to be as fast as I can so I can get my treat!
* Mommy and daddy now let me sleep in their bed. Oh boy, is it really comfy! They both love it too. But sometimes, I do stay in my crate. You know, sometimes a guy just needs his own space.
* Oh, let's not forget how my puppy pictures got exploited! My mom was soooo furious!! The pictures are down now, but I can't help but think about who thought they were buying me!! poor people!
* I got me a snuggle sack! It's really cool. But, mommy had to wash it. One day, I was trying to tell her I needed to go pee, but I guess I wasn't loud enough and I peed right on it. I thought mom would be mad, but she just picked me up and brought me right outside. I can't wait to use it again.
* I got an ear infection! No wonder!! I kept scratching my ear until it was bloody. My mommy and daddy are now washing my ear out and putting this medicine in 2x a day. I don't like the feeling! But boy does it feel good when they start rubbing around my ears! I feel better now. I'm not scratching it as much any more.


Today, I spent most of the day sleeping with my daddy. then when my mom came home, she was sad because she told daddy that she lost the camera. I guess this means no pictures of me for a while! Then we all slept together. (I like to sleep alot). my mommy brought me to Petco to get me a toy for my birthday! She's the bestest! I couldn't get alot because she said that she has to save money for a new camera.

It was a good day! Tonight, I'm just going to chill, probably sleep, while mommy watches American Idol...

love,
aston

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

childhood game revisited

hahah this game is CLASSIC!! hahha

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ear infection!

aston got his last round of puppy shots today (incl rabies). yay! he gets to finally go out in the world! we're planning to take him to his first trip to the dogpark this weekend. hopefully it isn't raining!

anyway, we also got his ear checked out. a couple weeks ago, i brought him in because I noticed that he was scratching his ear til they bled. well, turns out I paid $40 for the vet to freaking just clean his ears. ugh. well, better safe than sorry, eh? well the condition came back. this time, he was waking up in the middle of the night, scratching it. we tried covering it with a booty, but that didn't work. so, the doctor found that he indeed has an ear infection. he now has to have his ear washed out every day with this special formula, and 2x a day with this ointment of some sort. my poor baby. good news is he's reacting well to it because he hasn't been scratching it at all today.

by the way, aston now weighs 10.25 lbs, a day before his 4th month birthday!

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

aston's got many faces

he's such a character! a slideshow of my interpretations of his facial expressions ;)
click here to view!

aston's 1st puppy class

aston had his first class yesterday. we were late. whoops. on the smaller puppy side there was an american eskimo, a chihuahua, a border collie? aston is used to being in that area for playing on puppy social sundays, so he was excited to play with the other dogs.

this session, we learned how to do:
  • voice recognition
    • puppy sitting in front of you, face to face, show treat, and then say either "watch" or "look". when the puppy looks you in the eye, reward them with the treat.
    • aston's attention span was SO short! all he wanted to do is look at the other dogs, see what they were doing and try to play with them! he wasn't even interested in the treats we brought, which he devours at home. he LOVED the trainer's treats tho. but maybe because it was something new - new treat & new person?? anyway, we're working on this as homework since he didn't really do it during the class. haha
  • cradling
    • holding puppy like a baby, belly up. purpose? to calm them down and to allow time for touching their ears, paws, etc, like they would at the vets.
    • aston is a CHAMP at this. he loves being held like this. i swear, i'll pick him up mid-BT500s and he will settle right down. he's so easy going!
  • sit
    • self explanatory
    • uhm, yeah. aston learned this trick long ago. most of the other dogs did too.

overall impression of our first session.
sort of not what we expected. there seemed to be a lot of "play" time. i mean i know puppies have short attention spans and learning should be fun, but i dunno. i wish the play times were shorter. but what do i know about training dogs? hubby didn't like it too much. in fact, he complained while we were there. i'm hoping the next couple sessions are better. if not, i've already got my eye on another training program for his future classes.

Monday, March 06, 2006

i've fallen and i can't get up!

we got aston this sherpa jacket from target a while back. he hasnt' worn it yet, so we decided to dig it up before he can't fit in it anymore! well, the jacket still has it's tags on it... so this is what we got:

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oh yah, and i found it was bad mistake making aston do his ROLL OVER trick in his new jacket. he totally got stuck laying on his back and took him a while to get back up! hahah

argh! i've fallen and i can't get up!
uh, ok, mom. can you help me out a little here, please?!?!

lol, aston eventually needed a little push to get him back up. HAHA