Tika grows. Nearly 5 months old now, she weighed in at the vet's office this weekend at 19.2 lbs. She is a mini-goldendoodle, and a fraction of the weight of a standard goldendoodle at this age.
Tika recently completed Basic Puppy Obedience class wherein two of her classmates were full-sized goldendoodles. Nearly three times the size of Tika, they too were very affectionate and playful pups!
Basic Obedience class was a breeze for Tika. We have spent a time with her at home, prior to the class, training to basic commands. When you can get her attention (step 1), Tika will sit, down, stay and come on command. When she wants to go outside - and she always asks when she needs to do so, she sits at the front door. We tell her to sit and wait while we open the door and pass through first. Once outside, we turn to Tika and say OK! - which is when she gets up and passes through the door to the Glorious Front Yard.
Last month, Tika shed a lot! Perhaps this was puppy coat leaving, because the new fur growing one her back is much wavier and, I think, thicker. What kind of coat with she have? My guess is that those are some pretty nice curls coming in on her back.
