Adolescence

It's been a little while since I've written. I haven't had too many car rides--just to training class and we had one walk at Woodlawn Lake last Friday. Diane and I only walked two times around the Lake because it started sprinkling. We haven't seen very much rain lately.

Mike thinks I'm entering adolescence because I've been nipping and trying to bite pants and ankles a lot lately. He thinks I'm trying to get my way. I demonstrated some of this behavior in class on Monday night. I just want to play, but these humans don't want to play the way I want to play.

Diane continues to take me on morning walks in the neighborhood. Mike takes me on short walks around the yard at night. This morning, Diane and I walked up Lura Lane past the International Bible Center. Diane doesn't like the house at the corner of Pearson & Faith because a pit bull that jumps high and pushes on the old boards of his fence barks and growls. There's also a gray poodle that lives there that usually gets out and follows us for a short distance.

Another dog that Diane doesn't like is a little black dog just a few houses away. This morning he was outside with two humans and a small brown and white dog on a leash. The black dog is Charlie, and we've never seen him on a leash and he follows us and tries to nip at me. He nipped at me about three times this morning. Diane is frustrated that his humans don't keep him on a leash or behind a fence.