All right, so it has been about 7.5 weeks since Bruno came home.  His training is coming along nicely...he is now: heeling on my left, automatic sits, lays down, sit, "place" on command, & now we are working on "stand".  This little guy is now weighing around 31lbs (4 months old), I need to measure him to see how tall he is now.  He is almost the same height at the shoulders as my German Pinscher (my GP is about 18 3/4 inches at the withers).

Temperament wise, I love it!  He is reserved with strangers but can warm up to them a bit (he's still not overtly friendly, just sniffs & walks away). I'm trying to amp up his prey drive, he has it but has the attention span of a gnat.  He chases butterflies & other flying bugs all the time, but when I try some tug-of-war with a towel - he is interested only for a few minutes. He won't stay on the towel. So I am thinking a towel is not "doing it' for him, so I just ordered him this from Amazon: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AFK06G8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1  Maybe the fuzzy thingies will interest him even more. ;-)  I'm open to any tips you may have as well.

I enrolled him in a competition puppy program with a local training club (with Mark Banks of Harijan Presa Canarios - HCK9 Training)...this program we are going to be doing heavy obedience, puppy imprinting, & development of prey drive.  I would love to do some PSA/Schutzhund/French Ring with Bruno one day, his temperament is just so stable & this puppy loves to work! 

One thing I am noticing is that when Bruno isn't working, he is a little $hit. LOL!!!  So when he is defiant & barks at nothing in the house, that is my cue that he needs to "work".  I whip out the clicker & get some training treats, to the front yard we go to do some drills!  Then we go back in the house & we practice "place" & "down stay".  Just doing 15 minutes of obedience calms this little dude down.  We walk 3.5 miles together at least 3 times a week, Bruno definitely has the endurance for that - but then he clonks out in his crate at night.  I'm OK with that! :-)

Overall, I am in love with my little dude (that will be a big dude one day!).  He is a lot of fun & the sweetest temperament with his family.  Already, his breeder is putting a bug in my ear about considering getting a female in the near future. ;-)