On Saturday and Sunday mornings, Diane took me for a walk/work-out at Woodlawn Lake. On both days, we walked three times around the lake, which is about 3 miles. There were a lot more humans than dogs walking on the trail. We saw a boy both days walking with his brother. Both days, the boy said about me, "That's a cool dog!" On Sunday, when we started our walk, a man and a dog, that was a blue heeler, jogged past us. We only saw a couple other dogs during our walk.
This morning, Diane walked me in the neighborhood to Ingram Hills Park. When we were across the street from the park, we saw two solid black, sort of long-hair dogs, in the park by themselves. One was on top of a picnic table and the other was on the ground near the table. Diane decided to turn around and take an alternate route.
We had class again tonight. Mike came with Diane and me tonight. Gunther and Bruno who are Rottweilers were in class tonight. They had not been in class together before. Another dog, Honey, who is at least part Poodle, was also in class. She barked alot and I hadn't attended class with her before. All four of us are between five and six months old.
We learned that we are getting a new trainer for class. I met the new trainer at Happy Hour last week. She carries treats in her pouch. We went through a number of exercises tonight and class went longer than normal.
Monday, June 16, 2008
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I love reading about you, Buddy Chompers! I'm so glad Diane told me about your blog. It sounds like you have a fun, active life.
Also, I think the chocolate lab who lives next door to me and whom I walk several times a week would benefit greatly from training. She's about your age. Right now our walks tend to consist of a lot of self-induced choking on her end. Do you pull a lot on your walks, too?
I sometimes do pull, especially when starting on our walk. When I see other dogs I get more excited and when we start walking towards home, I sometimes get more energy. Occasional treats, or anticipation of treats, along the walk might get the chocolate lab more agreeable to the walking routine.
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