Well ladies, it has been some time since I posted I was getting a puppy. I thought I'd post about her, for a light hearted change of pace.
She is now 7 months old and has finally reached a point where I took her on her first walk around the neighborhood. We had a bit of confusion about her place in the scheme of things (at my left, two paces behind) starting across the lawn....that got sorted out by the time we were even with the mailbox. She did well crossing the street until she saw the fire hydrant and thought she had to bark at it....we kept moving. Halfway down the block, she fell into the groove and found out she had to walk with me, at my pace, without getting to sniff all and sundry. She barked at a passing car...learned she was going to be corrected, so the next one that passed was ignored. I did cut her some slack for this first walk, we went at 10:30p.m. so she didn't have to contend with alot of distractions and it was a bit cooler. It looks promising....I hope her progress stays this up-beat. (On a side note, her littermate who lives next door, has learned when he sneaks out their door to come to MY front door. They have a joyous reunion of slobbering and tussling for about 30minutes...then he gets dragged back home.)
I'm still trying to make her understand how the backyard weeding needs to go. When I bend over to pull them, she doesn't get to stand on my back and kiss my ear while I do. Nor does she get to bump my nose and slobber on me from the front. This we are still working hard at....she just keeps insisting we HAVE to do it her way.
I hope everyone gets some laughs out of my trials of dog training.
