It was a beautiful Saturday so we spent most of the day outside. That made us all happy...especially Mollie.
It's always nice to be out with friends. Mollie has been doing quite well with being really responsive even when there is a lot going on around her.
Her recall has been excellent! She can be underneath a pile of dogs and she'll jump to her feet and run to me when I call her.
She's happy to hang out with people even when her friends are around and having a good time. That's a very nice trait to have in a dog!
Tug seemed to be the theme for the day. Mollie does great sharing toys with the other dogs and she does really well with the young puppies.
Maybe she thought if she occupied this puppy she wouldn't have to have her mats combed out of her ears. Good move, Mollie, there were no new mats today.
Tug is a great way to exercise her and it can be done with other dogs (saves your arms a bit) or with people (great interactive form of play and good "drop" practice).
Just to make sure everyone is still doing ok with their tugs, we practice "drop" periodically with multiple dogs attached to the tug. This is certainly a challenge for a lot of dogs because they have the fear that the other dog will then take the toy.
But it was no problem for Mollie. She was happy to comply!
We could practice "wait" at a new doorway to help her generalize the command. She can sit, stand, lay down, or walk around on her side of the threshold...just so long as she doesn't cross over. All this practice has really helped her exits from crates so she's not bolting out any more.
No one seem to mind sharing toys and they certainly didn't have any problem sharing the water bowl on such a warm day.
We headed into the air conditioning on occasion to rest and take a break from the sun.
It never seemed to last though...she just really wanted to play outside.
No comments:
Post a Comment