The Adventures of Verbier

(the soon-to-be Amazing Toy Poodle
and now official Puppy School Graduate)

Verbi, the black toy poodle. He finally has learned to sit. (12649 bytes)

Hi! My name is Verbier Napoleon Goddard. Mom and Dad call me Verbi for short. This is a diary of my adventures. I'll try to keep it fairly up to date. If you missed last month's adventures, click here. If you want to talk to me, my Mom, or Dad, just email us at whapow@hotmail.com . While you are here, check out my recommendations for dog training books, cool puppy toys, and dog related web sites.

A lot has happened since I last wrote. I've gotten bigger and can now get a really good look into the toilet. I love the bathroom! Not only does it contain the way-cool toilet, it also has one of my favorite toys...a big fluffy green bathmat! Mom says that I'm getting to be a really good boy. She doesn't call me "Satan" nearly as much any more. You can probably tell from the picture above that I have this "SIT" thing down. Mom or Dad say "SIT" and I get a "Good Boy" or sometimes I get a treat.

The picture to the right is of me with my bouncy ball. I really love to play with my bouncy ball. It was missing all last week. Mom just found it this morning hiding behind the couch. We play every day, but not until we have done our work for the day (or it's our lunch break). I'm still keeping Mom company while she works on the computer. There has been a ton of work to do lately, so Mom and I are in the office all the time.

But enough of that...what an adventure I have had this past weekend! Finally, I went to puppy school at Kennelwood. It rocks! I got to meet a bunch of other puppies. We have a homework sheet of things that Mom, Dad, and I have to work on this week. This week's big project is "LEAVE IT." The best part is I always seem to get a yummy liver treat when Mom and Dad say "LEAVE IT." I think this school thing is really cool. My teacher tells Mom and Dad to give me treats (hee hee hee). Mom and Dad were mildly embarrassed at puppy school. They said I was the "most active" at school. How can I sit still when there is so much to look at and so many other puppies around us? Mom says we are going to try to redeem ourselves this next week.

Here's something exciting. Mom and Dad went to see the Pope when he was in town last week. They finally got their pictures back. Wanna see them? These are the pictures my Dad took. The Pope is the tiny guy in the white (I've drawn an arrow for you because he's kind of hard to spot). Mom says he's a lot faster than you would think. The big church is where Mom and Dad go to church on Sundays. Mom says she might take me one day when they bless all the puppies, kitties, and other pets.

Had loads of tummy troubles yesterday. Didn't feel well at all. Mom obviously felt bad for me because she didn't make me work. I just slept in her office all day. But, I'm feeling better today. Dad said I must have picked up some sort of bug at puppy school.

The popemobile minus the pope...actually the pope got cut out of the picture due to lack of photographic ability (29557 bytes)

Well, we've recently received some email requests to see a photo Mom took of the Pope. She waited along the parade route for about 3 hours and got a great view of the Pope. Front row seat. Unfortunately, Mom's photography skills could use some work. Here's her Pope picture (more accurately, it's her Popemobile picture) . I've drawn an arrow to where the Pope is. I can't believe she didn't even get any part of his head! Poor Mom... she's so photographically deficient.

Just got back from another exciting day at puppy school. Dad couldn't go with us because he has to work all weekend. It was just me and Mom. Before we went, Mom and I had a long talk about redeeming ourselves from last week's fiasco. But ya know what? Once I got there, I forgot all about it. There was just so much exciting stuff going on! I made lots of new friends. My teacher asked Mom if I acted the same way at puppy school as I do at home. Needless to say, Mom was not pleased. She said I was the worst one at puppy school once again. That's a real bummer 'cause I really like it there. Looks like it's going to be a hard week of work for me. Mom is more determined than ever to get me "straightened out" -whatever that means.

I have a girlfriend! Her name is Ellie and she is the most wonderful girl in the world. I think Mom and Dad really like Ellie too. Of course, it doesn't hurt that she is a Republican.

I FINALLY graduated puppy school yesterday. Mom and Dad were quite proud of me. My certificate is posted on the refrigerator door.