Woke up this morning to hear reports of Bosco coughing and vomiting since 7 am. Heard him cough and it was painful to hear. I decided to take him for a walk and he spit up some white foam about 4 times. At first I thought it was vomit, but I realized the way he was spitting it up supplementary to threw cough was different from the usual ate-something-bad head-pump vomit. $60 later the vet advised me that Bosco was suffering from the infamous Kennel Cough. Apparently it virus lies dormant in the unsuspecting puppy about 2 weeks prior to the symptoms and is highly contagious to other dogs. So poor Bosco baby has to avoid all canine contact until his cough clears up.
Apart from that Bosco's been the same little guy. I'm starting to gain confidence in the girlfriend's and my respective training prowesses as we keep hearing about how well behaved he is from other people. We also managed to get him to learn to speak on command in about 15 minutes. I'm so proud of him because the speak command was one of those personal goals for me as it would be the only intimidating thing about his little baby face.
He's 30 pounds now and as sad as I am to see him grow out of his baby body, I'm excited to see him as a big healthy adult with the mind of a child.
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