12/20/11

From Amanda who has Xaila, a Hero and Legend puppy 2011

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Merry Christmas!!!

I loved the update with all of Xaila’s brothers and sisters! It was so good to see them all. Xaila is doing so well. She listens really well–She’s doing great with her sit, down, stay and come. She’s about 50% on her heel….she pulls about 50% of the time and walks politely beside us the other 50% of the time 🙂 She’s learning. I’d say she’s potty trained. She lets us know when she needs to go…she’ll even come and get us if we don’t see her sitting by the door. She’s really sweet about that too–she sits at attention by the door when its time to go out, and most of the time I try to open the door and continue to make her sit, which she does until I say “ok, go ahead”. She’s still really mouthy; we just keep correcting, hoping at some point she’ll stop that! LOL. She’s also really polite about waiting for her food and water….she sits at attention until i say “ok”–So sweet! We get so many compliments on her! She’s a magnet–when we have her out, people always come to say how beautiful she is. It’s so funny to watch, because they say how fabulous she is and I don’t think they realize what it is about her that draws them in–I do, its her breeding! The look of her, the way she carries herself–its all about her breeding. She’s bred so well and it shows in everything about her. You know what is REALLY funny?! We were out one day and my husband and daughter went into Books-a-Million for a cup of coffee, so I waited outside with her, working on heel a little and also letting her sniff around. When we were done, we waited outside the door, Xaila in a down sit. Someone came up to us and asked how long I’d been training dogs!!!! Bahahaha! I had to be perfectly honest, saying that this was my first attempt and it would not be going so well if she were not such an amazing dog!!!!

We couldn’t be more thrilled with her! And you have to stay in this business for the next 40 years because I want all of my dogs to come from you! “