13 weeks!
Ruff can now get up on the couch by himself- even the new one which is several inches taller than the old one. He's perfected the "wait" command. We haven't gotten a weight on him recently, but it's probably close to 30lbs or more. He's eating close to 2lbs of food per day. He looks more like a small GSD than a puppy now. He's going through a slight terrible twos phase, one minute he's calm and orderly and responsive, the next minute he tears around the house harassing the animals and trying to destroy things. His favorite trick is dunking his squeaky toys in the water bowl and then running around the house shaking the water back out everywhere. He's getting very determined to have the family together at all times too, he whines and searches if someone is missing. (Like right now, when he's been trying desperately to get into the bedroom and wake Dad up.) His ears are definitely "up", although not necessarily "upright". He got his first whole egg the other day for dinner, and though he couldn't figure out how to crack it yet, he had a grand time with it once I broke the shell. His housebreaking has improved dramatically, accidents are a rarity now. We got him a bell to help him tell us when to go outside, because usually his just sits quietly at the door and we can't always tell he's over there. We tried to encourage him to whine or bark, but he doesn't do it consistently, so we're working on the bell instead. He does usually whine at me at work to go out, which is good. He is an insanely smart dog. He learns quickly, and you can see him analyzing things in his mind when he looks at your or at something you're doing. I can't wait until he's old enough to start trying things like agility and herding, he's going to be amazing.
