Week 19

Nova is 19 weeks old today.  She has graduated from puppy pre-school and will start AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy class next week.  S.T.A.R. stands for Socialization, Training, Activity and Responsibility and is an AKC class aimed at both the puppy and the puppy owner.  After 6 weeks of classes and successfully passing a test,  Nova (and I) will earn a certificate stating she is a S.T.A.R puppy!
She is also signed up to take a beginning clicker obedience class at the Greater Lafayette Kennel Club.  This class will teach her to listen and follow commands in a distracting environment.  Right now that's a big challenge for her.  When other people and dogs are around she puts on her "puppy ear muffs" and doesn't seem to hear a word I say.  As she gets older, this challenge will get easier.
On the 19 week anniversary of her birth we took the Coke bottle picture again.  It was a challenge, again, to get a picture with the Coke bottle upright, but I have 1 good one that shows her size pretty well.  Below it is her 9 week picture for comparison.  Getting big, isn't she?

19 weeks

9 weeks