I've seen many silly people over the years walking my dogs but nothing could prepare me for the recklessness of a person using a ball stick thingy to throw a ball for their dog when it's just had bilateral cruciate ligament repairs in the last 3 months. I feel so down now.
Far to hot at present. Walk last night at 1030pm and was 38c. Vanilla always sits crossing the road, not last night barked like a maniac. Could not see anything, until about 30seconds late. Snake about a meter away. Luckily moving away from us but never picked up Vanilla as quick as I did last night. Lesson take a flash light next time
I think I have travelled to a parallel universe - Coco approached the GR and Spaniel (Rufus & Splash) ON A LOOSE LEAD this morning! I was flabbergasted, and just waved my hand at his lead, gasping "look, look he's not pulling". Rufus doesn't really like greeting on lead, he really wants an off lead play, so he was whisked away before he got grumpy, and Splash is very stand-offish. I do hope the man noticed how good Coco was - his dogs were both pulling on their head collars! Then when we got home, he was greeting next door's builder enthusiastically - Coco is allowed to jump on him!. He gave him a biscuit - I stupidly let Coco off lead and he got the zoomies. All around our front garden, fine - but then he realised he could run around the road, looking for cats. He ran into everyone's garden and ran so fast past me & the builder we didn't have a hope of catching him. Then he disappeared down the side of a house. I decided to risk the whistle - YAY! COCO! He immediately came running back. Big handful of frankfurter slices and lead on. NOTE: We live at the end of a very quiet cul-de-sac - no danger to running in the road.
I'm currently training Ripple to wear a muzzle, something I said I wouldn't do but the scavenging and poo eating is now too much of a problem. Anyway taking it really slowly, lots of squeezy cheese and treats. Today I had him in the garden with it on in the snow, Ripple then ploughs his nose through the snow, fills up the muzzle with snow and ice and panics as he then can't breathe easily . This is something I didn't foresee, is this all dogs or just Ripple?
Im so proud of Rory. It was snowing heavily and we were on the park. Weirdly a father and son walked by with a football Rory saw it before me because it was white I called to the people watch your ball and called Rory back .....nothing but he stopped so I called leave it and bu**er me he did. I then did my puppy come quickquick and he came flying back I was so shocked I nearly forgot his treats I clipped his lead on and made such a fuss of him. It was incredible I love him hes never managed it before.
Still stuck in that parallel universe.....Extra walk yesterday, there was a woman on the opposite side of a field we passed, she was calling to her dog "NO" "STOP" "NO" - the field was open. Next thing this delightful, elderly Staffy comes out, trotting up the road after us. It dropped its ball and came to sniff Coco. Coco politely returned the sniff. OH caught hold of it and led it back toward the field while I held Coco. There was an old Jack Russell coming toward us too, with it's lady. Staffy's mum appeared on the road & OH handed him back to her. They stopped and chatted while Coco sat perfectly with me, as the JR passed. Coco didn't fuss or pull, even when the JR started to grumble and whine a bit. All on a narrow, pavementless road. We then went to a cafe for the first time in weeks, and just Coco sat nicely. He was petted by some customers and he enjoyed that.
This is so great and also what I hope to achieve with Axel one day. Great job Coco and you, of course!
Had a few different people dog sitting for us over the last couple of weeks. Each and every one has said how wonderful our dogs are. They do make me proud. Love my hairy beasts
Happy to be home again after 9 nights camping by the beach at Ohope (bout halfway up the North Island). My mum dog/cat/chicken sat for us and everything went smoothly with Xena - she was thoroughly spoilt with lots of playtime and hose play and footy, a super holiday for her I'm sure! - but I was so excited to see her again. I'm also so excited to come home to high pressure hot showers, a proper bed, and reliable electricity. I love camping but I can't wait for the day that we can ditch the tent and buy a caravan or motorhome. This morning we had to pack up in the pouring rain, and then drive for 7 hours! Caravans have never sounded so good!
Just had a great training session at dog club tonight. We didn't do anything out of the ordinary but Ella and I had lots of fun and she was completely focused on me for the entire session. Feeling much love for my crazy choccy girl tonight
