I don't know how it's possible for me to enjoy this dog so much only 1 day into it but... I do.
He's bananas for both food and toys which makes me so happy I could cry hahaha. I don't have tons of puppy experience but I just wasn't expecting him to be so YES LET ME WORK FOR FOOD at this age. I give him 1/4 cup of food at a time and we go kibble by kibble just luring different things and not once does he lose focus or interest. And he follows the lure really well!
Like Juno eventually became super food motivated but as a young puppy she did not care at all so that's what I was expecting. I was not expecting for him to get crazy excited as soon as he heard the bag of food opening lol.
He's walking super well on a harness, there's a city park at the end of my street so it's a really short walk even for him and he's so great at just trotting right along like a pro. And do we care about the kids or bikes or people playing tennis or barking dogs? Nope.
I just see so much confidence already, he knocks things over and doesn't back away or even hesitate to check it out. His ears will perk up at loud/sudden noises but then he's cool with it. He runs into things, jumps on and in things, everything is just routine to him.
And I'm really happy with how he and Juno are doing together, they actually for the most part ignore each other, he's been more interested in hanging out and playing with people instead.
I mean he's not so cute when he jumps and bites my arm and thinks it's a tug toy, but we can work on that lol. I don't want to get too excited just yet but holy cow he seems like he has every trait that I wanted.