A New Dog [Patchy activity explanation]

→ Hi everyone! Sorry about my recent lapse in activity, real life has thrown an 18 month old puppy named Shadow my way. He's adorable, I love him, but he's a handful and it's taking a lot of my time to socialize him, get him trained on the leash, teach him not to jump or mouth - I swear he acts like he's only 8 months. Still, he's great and a wonderful addition to our little pack. He is however a bit out of hand at times, and it's taking me, my mom, my brother and my sister to have a steady handling system with him. He's just now fully healed from being fixed and is allowed off leash and to run, so you can imagine he needs extra observation. He's taking a heck of a lot of time and as much as I love it I don't have the time to settle down and focus on writing considering he needs to be watched. 

Hopefully I'll have the spare time to get a few replies in soon, but I'm VERY sorry to everyone waiting on me. I'm still into all of the plots/threads I have, that's not changed, it's just impossible right now to sit with music and focus on a good quality reply for anyone. 
Please hang in there and I'll be getting back into things soon, just as soon as he learns a few key lessons (like not ripping his bed up and spilling his water bowl for attention) I'll have the time to settle down. 

Thanks for your patience, 
Envis.