Training Update

I don't have any new photos at the moment, but I have a few updates about my "training."

I really like nipping at heels and the back of Diane's pants, so Friday evening, Diane and Mike took me to see the training instructor. Diane said I jump up on her too much. We went outside the store and walked around in the alley next to the store. I guess Susie was trying to get me excited so I would "mis-behave" but I'm not that dumb! I jumped a little, but now we're mostly into a routine where if I sit and lie down, I'll get a treat. I don't mind lying down--it takes a lot less energy. I liked riding in the car to the store and back home.

On Sunday morning when Diane was walking with me in the neighborhood, we walked down one of the streets we usually walk, but the golden dog at the end of the street who doesn't live behind a fence like most of us do, and who often barks at me, was lying motionless in the middle of street in front of her humans' place. Diane thinks she had probably been hit by a vehicle. I was sort of curious, but didn't want to investigate too much. We walked a few different streets and we got a number of dogs who were behind their fences, barking, which is exciting.

Tonight we went back to the store for another class. Gunther wasn't in class with Hercules and me, but another dog similar to Gunther, named Bruno, was in our class. Bruno is younger than I am, but is already larger than I am. Bruno and I had already learned about lying down to get a treat, so we did "push ups" while Hercules got exposed to the concept. Then we walked back and forth down one of the aisles--it's fun to sniff the bags and stuff along the aisle, but it got sort of boring after while. There's so much else I'd like to explore. Then we were tied to the wall while Susie dropped stuff in front of us. We were supposed to look at our humans when they said "drop it" and then we'd get a treat.