Does bulldog mean bull headed?

It's been over a month since my last post, we've been so busy I haven't had time to sit down and write an  update on Brody.  Mr. B is now 15 weeks old and weighing in at 30.5lbs.  He is growing like a weed and food is still the driving force in his life.

Brody and Roscoe are getting along fabulously and they stay home all day while we go to work and school.  He is still pretty stubborn about potty training.  He has no problem going outside and he will even go to the door, but if we don't see him standing there, we usually get 30 seconds to 1 minute, then he just pees on the floor.  I am sure he thinks "oh well it's your own fault I tried to go out the door but it was closed"  He has also taken to sitting on the furniture which is not allowed but he doesn't seem to care.  I think he lives by the motto "it's only wrong if you get caught!"

He started puppy training 3 weeks ago and has quickly learned that this is where you get the treats.  The first day of class we all sat with our puppies and listened to the instructor.  Well most of the puppies sat or lied down some even fell asleep.  Not Brody of course he quickly sized up all the other pups and then cried and "talked" throughout the entire class.  Mike, our instructor, called him "mouthy".  This was not offensive because I know he's "mouthy" to see an example go back and watch the video I posted on March 24th.  The second week in class we learned about the right and wrong ways to walk your dog on a leash.  Brody took this as the time when he is supposed to chew on the leash while we were trying to walk him. He started to get the hang of the leash walking towards the end of class and we thought that was a great accomplishment.  Today in class we worked on "take it and leave it".  This is where you show him a treat in your hand then close your hand and tell him to leave it.  Mike knowing now how treat driven Brody is used him as the example.  It took Brody a few times but he caught on.  Again, we were so proud.  The next command was teaching him how to lie down.  We started at a sitting position then bring him down to the ground.  This did not go so well.  Brody gets sit, he's been doing this since week one.  In fact when we cook dinner at night Brody is right there following us around the kitchen constantly standing then sitting hoping that he might just get a treat.  But lying down is not so easy.  At this point he had been in class for 45 minutes and was much more interested in what all the other puppies were doing and couldn't care less what we wanted him to do.  If he was an actual kid in class, Keith and I would have been called into the principals office and we would be discussing ADHD medication with our pediatrician.  While Mike went around and worked with the other puppies Brody just barked and jumped at him, begging for attention.  Mike is very nice he always says "It's very distracting here I am sure he will do better at home"  We just "yah, you're probably right" as we look around at all the other puppies listening to their owners, completely un-distracted by Brody's antics.  As we leave puppy class we discuss how much easier Roscoe was and how he learned everything so quickly and was always the good example in puppy class.  Next week is learning how to sit, stay, and then come when called something the puppies must perfect in order to "graduate" to the next class...can a puppy really fail puppy class??  Stay tuned!!