Mungo is just fab! He's a very chilled out, eager to please softy in the house and completely nutty & bouncy outside! We're all so happy with him and can't imagine life without him.
He's definitely hit puberty now, he's learnt to cock his leg and now has to wee every few paces
He's very very keen on his teddy 
and is starting to run much further away from us on walks now. The only real problem we've had is with sheep. Luckily he's only got into the sheep field once but that was enough to frighten the life out of me so now we have to be careful to put him back on the lead whenever we're near them. Fortunately I know the man who looks after the sheep and have bought him a few pints to keep him on side! On the training side he's doing brilliantly and was promoted up a class 2 weeks ago so we're now learning about self-control and play. It's so interesting learning about all the psychology - we have a specific training toy that he's only allowed to play with when we're training. Mungo gets so excited when it comes out bless him. His recall is great (unless there's sheep about!) and his heel is coming along too. I've even tried a couple of very gentle jogs with him. I'm not going to start running properly with him until he's at least one but I go out for a short jog every week with him to get him used to it. He's brilliant at it and just trots along by side wagging his tail like crazy. I've just ordered a special harness and belt thing with an elasticated lead which my friend has recommended. It looks great and my friends dog recognises the difference between walkies and runs now from the harness going on!
I took him to the vets today for a general health check and he passed with flying colours, thank God. He's 22.5kg. Be interesting to see how that compares to the others? Also, Linda, seem to recall you put Bella & Chloes weight on here recently. Be good to see if Mungo has much more growing to do. I discussed neutering with the vet and he said he'd rather leave it until he's 10 months as he thinks he's got a little more growing to do. So he's booked in for the end of April
I'm dreading it.Think that's all for now apart from a food question....I forgot to ask the vet. Should I still be feeding him puppy food or can I progress to junior JWB? Also, he's fed 3 times a day at the moment & I've been thinking about phasing out his lunchtime meal. Is it too early?
The only other thing I wanted to say was that Max (my son) came home from school yesterday with a sticker for good work. I asked what it was and he said he'd written a lovely story about his best friend....Mungo! How sweet is that! Well apart from the last sentence when he'd written 'I love my dog so much except when he bites me'
Worried we'll have social services out now!Seriously Linda, I've said it before but I'll say it again, thanks for giving us the most wonderful dog we could wish for. He's added so much to our lives and my kids (& us!) have become so much more outdoorsy because of him. He's an absolute star in our village and still draws so many compliments from people on how beautiful and gorgeous he is. He's such a big softy and we love him to pieces. Even OH (who's never had dogs before) commented the other day on how amazed he is at just how attached you get to them. I really pondered on having a 3rd child for a long time then decided on a dog instead and he's just become my 3rd baby boy.
Big cuddles to all Mungos family out there. Would love to hear how you're all getting on.
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