Trigger, "Full Throttle"

Our little boy is growing up. Nine weeks old, he's not the little puppy we brought home 11 days ago. He's definitely bigger and now absolutely outweighs Gladys. His little round puppy belly is now lengthening and becoming more adult. His mental focus is increasing and he is able to complete short clicker training sessions successfully. I now know that at this age, I can only work him in very short sessions before his attention wanders off to a leaf blowing by or the wail of a distant siren. Gladys was so different. She was a training machine and even as very young puppy would concentrate and train/play for extended periods of time. I'm having to shelf my expectations and realize that although he is a very smart little boy, he is a much different puppy with a different learning style.
Hand targets are getting more reliable as are his sits and downs. (he had seemed to completely forget what a down was all about for the first week we had him) He does the ring the bell and eventually I will move it by the back door so he can signal when he needs to go out. Recalls of course are still in the embryonic stage and will need tons more work.
Overall, Trigger is very quiet and gentle. He can play pretty wildly with very fragile cloth toys and never tears a hole in them. Tonight I gave him a stuffed lamb that was bigger than he was and he was ecstatic!