Greetings, and best wishes!

You’ve been in our thoughts for happy holidays, wishing you a good 2025.

Nico is nearing 17 months old, and looks wiry and muscular at 9.8# (had been 10.4#, before adjusting his meal portions). Truly, he looks exactly like his dad. He’s had no “issues” whatsoever, healthwise or otherwise. I do all of his grooming, which he rather enjoys… nails biweekly, teeth 3X/week, ears, stripping, etc.

Every month of age brings some new and encouraging signs of maturity, ha ha ha ha. We walk daily for many miles – good for us both – and Nico knows literally everyone living within a vast radius of our house. “What a cute dog!! What is he… a Jack Russell mix?” is the comment we hear from 90% of inquirers.

I’ve never had a dog this effusively happy and desirous to socialize with people and other dogs, although Enzo was surely a close second. We’re now able to work more on vocabulary, which he picks up readily. He’s a constant comedic bundle of unbridled joy!

He got two new rubber balls for Christmas, solid rubber because anything less would get chewed up and swallowed. Balls are fast and bouncy, which makes them the perfect pasttime. Hope you’re both doing well! See pics attached.  ~~Steve