I know I've been bad about posting pics! Second child syndrome anyone? 
Formally introducing: Melrae's Sound The Trumpets v Soluna "Revel"
I believe we are two weeks in and Revel has blended in very easily here. His personality is starting to come out. He is a sweet, sweet boy with a little playful side. Him and Ripley get along great! Minus the few paw slaps to the ground while she learned just how big she was, she now largely face wrestles with him while he uses his entire body to wrestle her face lol. He does a lot of nibbling and gnawing on her head and she lets him while lightly mouthing him back. When she has a toy she would let him know to back off with a look, to low growls to larger growls to air snapping at him (never touching) and he would cry as he was rightfully scared and eventually find something else to do lol. Now I guess he is feeling full of himself and does a little puppy dance back and forth, add in some barks, and sometimes I find Ripley walking away
You can say Revel definitely has gotten comfortable! Doesn't work all the time though 
Training a little one again has been a lot of fun. He is a bit softer than Ripley and not as eager at the moment as she was but I think with time that will change as he develops a stronger food drive. Keeping things short and sweet while ending every session off with some play! We are spending a lot of time on learning to hold still in a stand and build duration for that. Also, shaping stepping into a stack. All with clicker training. He already knows to gait short distances on the show lead with some kissy noises, it's too cute. He has learned leash pressure quickly after quite a bit of resisting and fighting on the show lead. He would literally sit back on the leash, but one moment of releasing the pressure and stepping forward got him rewarded so it didn't last long when we worked on it a few times a day. I started shaping and luring some heel position and he really liked that! Alas, not enough time in the day to do it all so show skills take priority for now. Fortunately, a lot of the show skills translate into other areas of obedience too. One step at a time.
A week apart
He got to tag along to my family's thanksgiving get together. They don't have dogs so it was safe but he had good exposure all sorts of people, kids, and noises. He also got plenty of rest alone in his kennel in the main room. It was so good for him!
My dad and Revel. My dad is just smitten with him. He had a doberman growing up and always speaks fondly of her.
Revel was super sweet and instantly captured my family's hearts with his snuggles.
Almost always sleeping at my feet.
This picture makes me laugh. Like, "so he is here to stay..."
Caught them both doing what Ripley likes to do to me. Sit up against my legs facing outward.
My best socializing tip for a young dog or even a reactive dog. Sit in the car in a parking lot outside the store on the weekend. Safely exposes them to stimuli! Be sure to have the window cracked too for sound exposure too.
Getting so big already!
Ears are up but the wrap slid up the posts making them look super long lol! I fixed that the next day.
Fixed the sliding but still adjusting the length, bare with me as I had to learn a new way to post.
Also, yep, using vet wrap per my breeder's suggestion. Shouldn't be a problem when they aren't wrapped tight, don't get wet and are changed daily for now.
We wanted to get those ears up asap as they were puckering quite a bit so this let me do that so long as I checked them daily.
There we go! Trimmed to his ear length by the very next day
I kinda love that they cuddle.
Ripley was all over me when I was getting Revel's posts ready. So I made sure to include her so she felt pampered too and she seemed to enjoy it in the moment. I think she regretted that decision by the time we took pics
Morning face wrestling
Cuteness
Formally introducing: Melrae's Sound The Trumpets v Soluna "Revel"
I believe we are two weeks in and Revel has blended in very easily here. His personality is starting to come out. He is a sweet, sweet boy with a little playful side. Him and Ripley get along great! Minus the few paw slaps to the ground while she learned just how big she was, she now largely face wrestles with him while he uses his entire body to wrestle her face lol. He does a lot of nibbling and gnawing on her head and she lets him while lightly mouthing him back. When she has a toy she would let him know to back off with a look, to low growls to larger growls to air snapping at him (never touching) and he would cry as he was rightfully scared and eventually find something else to do lol. Now I guess he is feeling full of himself and does a little puppy dance back and forth, add in some barks, and sometimes I find Ripley walking away
You can say Revel definitely has gotten comfortable! Doesn't work all the time though Training a little one again has been a lot of fun. He is a bit softer than Ripley and not as eager at the moment as she was but I think with time that will change as he develops a stronger food drive. Keeping things short and sweet while ending every session off with some play! We are spending a lot of time on learning to hold still in a stand and build duration for that. Also, shaping stepping into a stack. All with clicker training. He already knows to gait short distances on the show lead with some kissy noises, it's too cute. He has learned leash pressure quickly after quite a bit of resisting and fighting on the show lead. He would literally sit back on the leash, but one moment of releasing the pressure and stepping forward got him rewarded so it didn't last long when we worked on it a few times a day. I started shaping and luring some heel position and he really liked that! Alas, not enough time in the day to do it all so show skills take priority for now. Fortunately, a lot of the show skills translate into other areas of obedience too. One step at a time.
A week apart
He got to tag along to my family's thanksgiving get together. They don't have dogs so it was safe but he had good exposure all sorts of people, kids, and noises. He also got plenty of rest alone in his kennel in the main room. It was so good for him!
My dad and Revel. My dad is just smitten with him. He had a doberman growing up and always speaks fondly of her.
Revel was super sweet and instantly captured my family's hearts with his snuggles.
Almost always sleeping at my feet.
This picture makes me laugh. Like, "so he is here to stay..."
Caught them both doing what Ripley likes to do to me. Sit up against my legs facing outward.
My best socializing tip for a young dog or even a reactive dog. Sit in the car in a parking lot outside the store on the weekend. Safely exposes them to stimuli! Be sure to have the window cracked too for sound exposure too.
Getting so big already!
Ears are up but the wrap slid up the posts making them look super long lol! I fixed that the next day.
Fixed the sliding but still adjusting the length, bare with me as I had to learn a new way to post
.Also, yep, using vet wrap per my breeder's suggestion. Shouldn't be a problem when they aren't wrapped tight, don't get wet and are changed daily for now.
We wanted to get those ears up asap as they were puckering quite a bit so this let me do that so long as I checked them daily.There we go! Trimmed to his ear length by the very next day
I kinda love that they cuddle.
Ripley was all over me when I was getting Revel's posts ready. So I made sure to include her so she felt pampered too and she seemed to enjoy it in the moment. I think she regretted that decision by the time we took pics
Morning face wrestling
Cuteness
