Dear Leo,

Happy Birthday, Stinkbug! You made it to a year old! And I haven't throttled you yet!
To date, you have learned quite a bit, and in recent months have really stepped up your learning and comprehension abilities. Most recently, we finally got you to "speak!" Now it's your favorite thing. We actually weren't able to get you to grasp that concept until you started a barking frenzy due to other things. I decided you needed an "on/off" switch, so you now known "speak" as well as "quiet".

You can sit, stay, shake, wave, right foot, left foot, touch, lie down, roll over, roll back, turn around, turn around the other way, sit pretty, we're working on "stand". You have nice manners and are very sweet and friendly. Your frisbee skills are awesome and you totally outshine your frisbee dog sister. Who knew!? You like to run and jump, mostly, but you're really doing well with all of the basics.