On Saturday, I picked up my new little buddy!!!  So now I am the proud owner of a Cimarron Uruguayo!!!  His call name is Bruno & we already love him to pieces.  He is so smart...I already got him doing automatic sits for the door, for his meals, & when I call him to me.  We did some leash work yesterday & he did great.  We did lots of engagement exercises while on the leash, this puppy likes food so it isn't hard to keep him engaged.  I love how he continuously looks up at me while we are walking on the leash, when he does that I immediately click & treat because I want to encourage that good behavior! 

Night time isn't too bad, he does whine in the crate but for only 15 minutes or so then he settles down & goes to sleep.  He has been sleeping through the night & waking at 4:30 am. Although 4:30 am is an un-godly hour (LOL), it's way better than waking up multiple times at night.  Plus during the week, I am up at 5:00 am anyways....so in the grand scheme of things it isn't so bad.  He's only had a few accidents in the house, but we are learning how Bruno communicates.  We have picked up that when he starts whining out of the blue, it means he has to go potty.  The few times I ignored his whining he had an accident.  So potty training is moving along as well.

The importing process was very easy, way too easy to the point that I got nervous.  Bruno's breeder hired an import/export agent.  The agent was very nice & I liked her a lot but I see now that they did a lot of fudging of paperwork to get Bruno to me.  His puppy passport & vaccination record stated he was 2 months older than what he really is.  Also, his vaccination record stated that he had his rabies shot (the agent told me at the airport he hasn't had them yet but her vet signed off on it so he could travel).  I also believe that Bruno may have been sedated too.  On Saturday he was sleeping a LOT & was walking sideways....on Sunday he was walking normally & had way more energy.  I'm not upset at all, I knew some fudging had to have taken place because Bruno is only 11 weeks old...according to USDA import regulations puppies have to be 16 weeks old & must have their rabies vaccine.  I just thought they would give him a rabies vaccine & just fudge his date of birth! LOL!!

Not much else to report!!  I'll post pics soon!