In that last one, just ignore my mom crying as dad read his vows… look at how good I’m being!

Since the wedding I’ve gotten to go on some other adventures too, including hanging out at the river and doing a little swimming! Mom will download those pictures eventually she says!

I learned all sorts of neat stuff, but mostly just reinforced what I already knew – I’m awesome! We did the touch game, sit, down, circle, spin, come and a few other things that I already knew. But I have learned to walk on a loose leash. Well, at least, I’m getting better at it.

And mom found a way to help me learn to stay calm around other dogs! I kinda hate it, but I’m learning that when she steps on my leash and makes it really short, I should lay down and relax and she won’t let the other dogs bother me. It’s going to be a long journey, because I only like certain dogs. But I know that I should try really hard for mom. (Even if she has been a slacker about updating my blog – she says that work and the wedding are keeping her busy, but we all know that I’m more important than those things!)

Here’s a picture of my diploma and of me, Bentley!

There’s even a spot on my diploma that says I had perfect attendance. Well, mom and dad had perfect attendance too, but only because I made them go!

Even though I won’t be going back to classes for a while, mom told me that doesn’t mean we can stop working on the things we were learning. She hopes that if we can keep working on my manners around other dogs, we can take another class together.

That’s me on the car ride over. Friday, I went to see my friend Andrea for a haircut, and then it rained all weekend. Mom did her best to keep me looking sharp and not smelling funny.

On our way, we went to this thing with a screen and a box that talked. Dad said a bunch of things, we moved the car a little and this lady in a window handed him a bag of food! There was even something in there for me! It was called a McDonald’s hamburger mom said and she gave it to me without a bun. She wanted to get a picture of me eating it, but I was too quick for her!

This is a picture of my doggie cousin Cyrus that Dad’s step-dad took too on another day. Cyrus is still a crazy boy most of the time, but he was really good for his pictures too!

Comments, 2, 5 and 6 are our winners! Laura, Boots and Dixie will be getting emails very soon so that mom and I can get these in the mail. Mom said that I can even ride along to the post office when we take them. It’s one of my favorite things to do!

I hope everyone is having a good Monday!

I have one that I love very much and we sent one to my doggie cousin, Tucker! He likes playing with his too!

Since mom made so many (nearly 20!) she thought maybe some of my doggie friends on the internet would like one too! So leave me a comment and on March 1 at noon, I’ll pick three random numbers! Then I’ll send an email to the winners and send their tugs in the mail. (I love getting mail! It’s usually treats!)

It’s too nice and brightly colored! I have already managed to get the belly strap dirty. Luckily mom put Scotch Guard on the whole thing, so she hopes she can get it clean.

Last night dad didn’t feel well, so mom and I cuddled on the couch (shhh!) and watched some TV. When it was finally time for bed, she got out my big pen and set it up around my garage. She put my TV watching bed in there, and then put me in there. I went to my garage like normal but she didn’t close the door! She checked on me a couple of times last night, but I was always in my garage, sleeping. But this morning when she came down, I was running around my big pen, ready to greet her!

I didn’t make any messes or anything, and I wasn’t even wearing my belly band! Mom said that because I was good, I can sleep like that again tonight. Maybe if I’m really good, dad will start letting me sleep upstairs. Then it’s only a few short months before I can take over the big bed….

Well, OK, it’s just a cover for a steering wheel, but it’s the closest I’m gonna get to putting my teeth on the real thing. Dad needed a new cover for the steering wheel on the Jeep, so I got the old one!

It was lots of fun. I can chase it, I can bend it, I can even step through it!

My mom’s six words about me.

For Bentley: small body, big attitude. now family.

I don’t even want to think about when I have to leave my mom and home… I can see it in her eyes that she’s sad to even leave me for a little bit, so I show her how happy I am when she comes home by wagging my tail a lot and doing my circle dance. She had to work a lot this week and even showed me a picture of a car that has the same name as me! She got to see it at her work.

This meant that I got to spend a lot of time with my Josh. He likes to spoil me when mom’s not around, but then eventually gives in and tells her about it. I like when he feeds me new foods. So far I have gotten to try crab legs, wasabi and popcorn. I like them all, but crab legs are my new favorites! They are just so yummy!

Mom’s hoping to have some newer pictures of me soon, now that she should be home more. I’m glad her work is over for this year. She needs to keep working on my big day… I mean, their big day! (But I’ll be all dressed up in my new tie, so I’m sure that I’ll steal the show!)