Remember the movie Beethoven?

I have officially recorded it on my DVR and have to watch it regularly to remind myself that St. Bernards are great dogs and someday she might save my child from a swimming pool.

Sasha is SUCH a puppy. She's really your standard 9 month old puppy. Playful, adorable, and sassy. She has a tendency to chew on things once in awhile, if she can't find her bone. She will flop herself down on the floor if we're trying to guide her somewhere. The other day we came home from the store and discovered it had snowed in our dining room. Okay, so it wasn't snow. It was a bag of poly fill I had just bought. Apparently she was helping us free the poly fill from that evil bag that was holding it hostage. And then yesterday morning in the 5 minutes I was gone getting the babysitter, she also freed the new potting soil I had bought. Again, all over my dining room. Maybe she wanted to remind me that it's spring and we have moved from snow to dirt.

*chanting I love my puppy, I love my puppy, I love my puppy*

Oh, and 4 foot fences really aren't a challenge for a giant dog. She just kind of hops over it. She had been getting out a hole in the gate until we fixed that. Now we have the pleasure of investing some money and a lot of time to put a 3 foot rabbit fence on the top of the fence. It's working well on the 50 feet of fence Matt put it on one side of the yard. Not so much on the other side. We did find her weakness, though. She loves cheese By treating her with cheese, we pretty much have her (warning: bad pun alert) following us around like a puppy dog and eating out of our hands. So, I grab a piece of string cheese and follow her when she escapes. I just rip off a piece, toss it at her, and when she realizes I have cheese, she is there. Then I can put a leash on her and drag her back to the house. Training class signups are tomorrow. We think she is very trainable. She's smart and food-motivated. She's just such a puppy!

I remember when Casey was this age. I wanted to get rid of him. All the time. And now, 7 years later, he's the best dog. I can NOT wait 7 years, but I'll give her a chance to calm down and learn to be a good puppy. I really hope she decides to do this sometime before she hits 100 pounds. Wrestling is fun. Wrestling with a monster puppy at 5am when Matt leaves the house isn't quite as fun.