(PROBLEM SOLVED WITH ALL CAPS) MCCARTNEY HAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MULTICOLORED COAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS BLENDED BY AN ARTIST - FROM CREME TO A SOFT TAN. AND THEY ARE BOTH SOFTER THAN SOFT. WHEN THEY FIRST ARRIVED THEY WERE PETRIFIED OF EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY. THAT HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED - BIGGEST CUDDLEBUGS IN THE WORLD. THEY WERE UNSOCIALIZED WILD MEN WHEN THEY CAME TO ME, BUT HAVE QUICKLY SETTLED DOWN AND LEARNED ABOUT HOME LIVING. THAT MEANS NO MORE WALKING ON THE COFFEE TABLE. THEY KNOW "NO" AND "DROP IT", A NECESSITY AT THAT AGE. BUT IT IS HARD TO KEEP THE LITTLE WIGGLING BUTTS ON THE FLOOR FOR "SIT". POTTY TRAINING WAS GOING REALLY WELL UNTIL THIS COLD SNAP; NOW EVERYONE IS RELUCTANT TO GO OUT, MYSELF INCLUDED. VERY HAPPY PERSONALITIES, EXTRA AFFECTIONATE, AND SO EAGER TO PLEASE YOU. WHEN THEY ARE IN THE BACKYARD, THEY COME THE MINUTE THEY ARE CALLED, OF COURSE, NO ONE DILLY DALLIES AROUND IN THIS WEATHER.
AGAIN, I FIND THEIR PROGRESS AMAZING; THEY ARE SMART LITTLE GUYS. OK, MCCARTNEY IS A LITTLE GUY, JUDE - NOT SO MUCH. I WOULD GUESS JUDE, ALL GROWN UP, WOULD BE A MEDIUM DOG. THEY GET ALONG WELL WITH THE OTHER DOGS, AMUSE THEMSELVES WITH EMPTY SODA BOTTLES WITH A FEW PIECES OF KIBBLE IN THEM, AND ARE GENERAL A PLEASURE TO BE WITH.