Thursday, February 17, 2011
Advertising
Wow! I have been discovered. I don't know why there is advertising on my blog and I don't know how to get rid of it. So, please forgive me if you end up on an advertised site. It is rather like being at the dog park, you have to be careful what you step in. Non of this is authorized by me.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Training
My Saturday morning trainings are really quite fun. I get to see a lot of dogs and some are friends from the dog park. There are only eight in my class, but there are three classes, so there is a lot of coming and going before and after class. Unfortunately, we are not allowed to play with each other even though our humans get to talk and laugh with one another.
Some people call our classes "Dog Training" but it is as much the training of our humans as it is of us. MFM and I work quite well together because I am so smart. I pay attention most of the time but have to admit I am easily distracted. I also get tired from constantly trying to figure out what I am supposed to do. There are so many smells and so much activity, that I really want to just be left alone to explore it all.
In spite of everything, I have learned a lot. I can sit, stay, lie down on all fours, come when called (well, most of the time), and try to sit and behave when another dog or person walks by. I answer to my name and am learning that I cannot play during class, although I do occasionally find a nice stick to carry around and chew on. At home I can also fetch and wait. I sit and wait to be invited to enter the car or house and even wait to be invited to eat although it is right there in front of me. I think I am a pretty good fellow and making MFM happy is, usually, foremost in my mind. Now she is teaching me to shake hands.
My last class was a REAL challenge. I am now learning to walk right beside MFM and learn to turn when she turns. I would rather sniff and smell. I had learned how to work in the sniff 'n smell on our long morning walks. I would run ahead of MFM for the length of the leash, stop for a sniff 'n smell, then just before she got past me far enough to pull on the leash, I would run ahead again. It worked well for me! I enjoyed the fragrances and sometimes had time to pick something up to taste - an acorn, a clod of dirt, a stick, or (my favorite) a leaf. Now, that is very limited and I have to keep up when she is training us. Now, I have to "heel" or, as she puts it, "knee" since she thinks we might need to be even firmer on the training later. The good thing about it all is that I get TREATS!
No class this week but we learn something new next week. I can hardly wait.....
Some people call our classes "Dog Training" but it is as much the training of our humans as it is of us. MFM and I work quite well together because I am so smart. I pay attention most of the time but have to admit I am easily distracted. I also get tired from constantly trying to figure out what I am supposed to do. There are so many smells and so much activity, that I really want to just be left alone to explore it all.
In spite of everything, I have learned a lot. I can sit, stay, lie down on all fours, come when called (well, most of the time), and try to sit and behave when another dog or person walks by. I answer to my name and am learning that I cannot play during class, although I do occasionally find a nice stick to carry around and chew on. At home I can also fetch and wait. I sit and wait to be invited to enter the car or house and even wait to be invited to eat although it is right there in front of me. I think I am a pretty good fellow and making MFM happy is, usually, foremost in my mind. Now she is teaching me to shake hands.
My last class was a REAL challenge. I am now learning to walk right beside MFM and learn to turn when she turns. I would rather sniff and smell. I had learned how to work in the sniff 'n smell on our long morning walks. I would run ahead of MFM for the length of the leash, stop for a sniff 'n smell, then just before she got past me far enough to pull on the leash, I would run ahead again. It worked well for me! I enjoyed the fragrances and sometimes had time to pick something up to taste - an acorn, a clod of dirt, a stick, or (my favorite) a leaf. Now, that is very limited and I have to keep up when she is training us. Now, I have to "heel" or, as she puts it, "knee" since she thinks we might need to be even firmer on the training later. The good thing about it all is that I get TREATS!
No class this week but we learn something new next week. I can hardly wait.....
Friday, February 4, 2011
It's Snow Story
This is Sammy's dog park in December.
My friend, ABW's Cockapoo, is homeless! He was rescued in Colorado and his forever family loves him, but he is living with their friend who has three dogs already. He is grateful he has somewhere to go, considering the events of the past two days. His Forever Mom (HFM) came home to find him standing in the middle of the kitchen table. Ordinarily, that would get him in major trouble but since there was 4" of water on the floor, HFM understood. The pipes in their house broke and there was water everywhere. Poor Sammy.
Here is a photo of us from happier days.
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| Sammy and I resting on the quilt HFD made. |
This is the view from my front door after our night of snow and sleet in February,
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| In front of my house - February 2011 |
This is a view of my backyard after the snow.
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| My back yard February 2011 |
This is Sammy's backyard in December.
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| Sammy's backyard - December 2010 |
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| At Sammy's dog park - December 2010 |
I thought I was getting out of the snow and cold when MFM took me to Texas, but there doesn't always seem to be a whole lot of difference. At least we don't have any broken pipes....yet.
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