Great to hear from you again,
@Squawkers !
Jäger is doing great, though still doesn't roam free in the house. He's a bit too much, haha. He spends his days outside in the dog run. He's huge now, too! Almost 7 mos old. He weighs about (probably a little over) 60lbs, and when he lays flat he seems close to outgrowing his XXL dog crate! It's three feet tall and four feet long. He's going to have to learn how to make friends with the basement stairs if we have to get him a bigger crate.

It just won't fit well up here. He's also going to become a big brother in several months (surprise).

He doesn't know, all he knows is I've been more boring and tired for a while. It will be funny to see him react to a tiny human. He did great with some toddlers.
It has put his training back a bit, but ah well.
Oh! We discovered that he LOVES water. He got to take him to see the Great Lakes on a huge road trip, and he had so much fun. He got to chase waves and dig in the sand. At my in-laws' house, he got to play in a kiddie pool and chase the hose. A couple weeks ago, right as we went into a brief dry spell, he dug a 6" deep, 12" across hole in the dog yard. Last week, it filled to the brim with rain water. He was one happy dog.

We were just eating our dinner and all we heard was "SPLOOSH SPLOOSH SPLOOSH", then sounds of him running around excitedly. Such a dog.