
The Ori Diaries Pt. 2: Nothing Is Safe
Ori is too smart for his own good. Not that he isn't dumb sometimes (potty training issues, helllllooooo!), but at other times it's an issue. To give one example of something I did not intend to teach him for a very long time, that he learned independently by observing Echo, is how to respond when my mom needs a pop (soda for non-midwesterners). See, Echo was trained to have her bottle coozy clipped to his collar with the empty bottle in it, bring it downstairs to me where I

The Ori Diaries Pt. 1
I feel like there's so much to say about this incredible new baby in my life that I don't know where to start. So I guess we'll start at the beginning:
Ori is an F1 Bernedoodle (aka 50% poodle and 50% Bernese Mountain Dog) He was born in late December and is currently 4 months old. (I'm not one of those moms that counts in weeks.) At his first vet appointment, he came in at 15.3 pounds. His next one, 3 weeks later, put him at 23.8 pounds. I'm fairly certain he is over 30 pou