And for 'yappers,' yours or mine, to 'first acknowledge what they are showing you,' "good thing, now let's go," usually settles that! I am amazed at how much a dog can really understand! More often it's not a lack of understanding on the dogs part, it's "I don't want to." :-) And yes, I find that funny. I'd say that a dog rapidly comes to the age of about a 3 or 4 year old toddler. After that, they just get better skilled in doing what they were built to do. ... If a child never came to a self consciousness (me in the mirror!) by the time they reached 7/8 years of age, we would never be able to catch them! :-)

As for your puppies, I'd sure like to have a pair of them. They are so awesome! I lost my "little man" about a month ago. He was 12 1/2 years old. Had him since he was 8 weeks old. He was 1/2 Shih tzu and 1/2 Yorkie and I think he got the better traits of both. Yours look just like him (Charlie topped out at 15 pounds) but mine had hair, not fur, and was a bit more delicate than yours. The best best to you and yours.

I've watched mine catch a squirrel and a bluejay that was harassing her right out of the air. I've received letters asking to fight her, but never have. I was told that she can kill anything one and a half times her weight. They are great