What's Cooper Been Doing in 2011?

I've been a bit lazy lately on blogging about all of Cooper's adventures, so I thought I'd just show some photos to let you know what he's been up to.

It snowed in Georgia in January and everything shut down for a week. Cooper enjoyed the snow!

Cooper got a new bed for the office:

 Before

After

After a few weeks, Cooper decided he preferred his bed near the window in the office so that he could perch on the bed and look out the window. He definitely plays the guard dog role well.

We got a Roomba for Christmas and Cooper likes to follow it around the house:

Grandma Vogel made Cooper homemade dog toys and he LOVES them! She also sends him homemade dog treats, which he also LOVES! (By the way, Grandma, he's eaten the last batch of treats, please send more ASAP!)

 

Cooper took out some aggression (or boredom) on a stair rail. It was the first and only thing he's chewed up in the house. (Knock on wood.)

It was probably my fault though. I decided to give Cooper freedom in 2011 and let him hang out wherever he wanted in the house when I was working from home. This was his favorite spot (I say *was* because he doesn't have this freedom anymore).

And sometimes Cooper jumps up on the couch when he thinks no one's looking:

Here Cooper's saying "Feed me!"

He barely fits in Jeff's lap anymore:

He loves getting his belly brushed:

And we groomed Cooper for the first time by ourselves two weekends ago! He doesn't look too bad (well, except for his tail) and it'll all grow back anyway!

Before

After

Cooper's St. Patrick's Day Celebration

Cooper celebrated his first St. Patrick's Day in style! We started out by attending the festivities in the Smyrna Market Village. Cooper played nicely with all the other dogs and the masses of people, and even got to lick up some beer Jeff spilled!

Then Cooper spent the rest of the evening playing with his friends Otto and Ginger. Below is the only photo of Cooper and Ginger where you can see the dogs, the rest of the photos are blurs of dogs playing! Ginger was only visiting Otto for the weekend, so Cooper maximized his play time.

We did capture a short video of them playing together. Put this on repeat for hours and that's the summary of Thursday night!

Here are some photos of the last time Otto, Cooper and Ginger got together. Lots of playing, lots of love!

Cooper hopes he'll be able to play with Ginger and Otto again soon!