Weather was perfect today. A breeze, not too windy and warm water. We had an inflatable raft and two Kayaks. We had a puppy that really didn’t seem quite ready to walk down that steep hillside over at the left. And then, suddenly Higgins decided he was “in” and off he went. Too cool. Great attitude on his part, while no one was looking, I got a kiss.
Nimbus impressed me when DoggieDaddy was out in the water calling for help, Nimbus decided he was “by dog gonna help”. But his Hu-Mom called him back clearly. He paused, he thought about it and … he came back. Very difficult, I’m very impressed.
Lonni was just awesome carrying the seat cushion in from the water. What confidence. To me the best part of all this stuff, even better than watching an advanced water dog go through difficult paces, to when I see a young one suddenly “get it”. When they absolutely know what they are about; know what’s wanted, know they can do it, and do it knowing that they did good. Sometimes I think they pause briefly at the short waiting for the applause. Lonni got lot’s of applause today.
Livvy, as always, had a great time because all the people and all the dogs tolerated her social butterfly stuff and were so very gracious to her. Thank you. She didn’t care for getting INTO the Kayak, but she had a great deal of fun paddling around with me. Some great coaching today, Lori and Molly. Many thousand thanks.
Understand that I missed a lot of good stuff going on while I was chatting or playing with the dogs, so folks chime in with other good material that I haven’t mentioned. Pictures always welcome.
If you click on the slide show below, it will take you to today's album where you spend some quality time with your particular darling.
Nimbus impressed me when DoggieDaddy was out in the water calling for help, Nimbus decided he was “by dog gonna help”. But his Hu-Mom called him back clearly. He paused, he thought about it and … he came back. Very difficult, I’m very impressed.
Lonni was just awesome carrying the seat cushion in from the water. What confidence. To me the best part of all this stuff, even better than watching an advanced water dog go through difficult paces, to when I see a young one suddenly “get it”. When they absolutely know what they are about; know what’s wanted, know they can do it, and do it knowing that they did good. Sometimes I think they pause briefly at the short waiting for the applause. Lonni got lot’s of applause today.
Livvy, as always, had a great time because all the people and all the dogs tolerated her social butterfly stuff and were so very gracious to her. Thank you. She didn’t care for getting INTO the Kayak, but she had a great deal of fun paddling around with me. Some great coaching today, Lori and Molly. Many thousand thanks.
Understand that I missed a lot of good stuff going on while I was chatting or playing with the dogs, so folks chime in with other good material that I haven’t mentioned. Pictures always welcome.
If you click on the slide show below, it will take you to today's album where you spend some quality time with your particular darling.
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