CarrionCrow: Sounds like things should go well overall if the puppy is already trying to that degree.
They'll grow up to be a very happy, very well cared for family member with all the effort you're putting in.
I'm sorry to hear that you got injured, though.
akhliber: I'm hoping he'll be both well behaved and very happy here. I'm doing lots of training with him at home, and we found a great place nearby that offers reward based, non-forceful training, both for puppies and more advanced courses for older dogs. He won't be ready for that until he's 8 weeks old, but that will be here in no time. :)
As for the injury, no worries at all... it's actually become a thing of amusement, my strange ability to injure myself in the most ridiculous of ways. A back injury opening kitty litter at a friend's house, a torn quad and fractured patella from jogging down to the mailbox, forgetting I was wearing my slippers, which had no traction in the rain, fracturing my jaw, cheek and two other places on my skull hitting a car while riding my bike (thing was, the car was parked. In my driveway.) I won't continue, but you get the idea. ;)
Oh yeah, they'll be the right age for that before you know it. A blur and a quick eyeblink and that'll be here.
Holy frigging crap. I'm glad you've learned to find the laughter in it, but damn, those are some serious injuries you're mentioning.
Antimateria: You people seem sinister. you are up to something.
At the moment, having some coffee, talking a bit and being a bit annoyed that there's apparently a bug in Icewind Dale 2 that makes trolls unkillable while they're under the effect of a paralysis-level Chromatic Orb spell.
The bug must keep them at 1 hit point until the spell wears off.