Sunday

We walked Toby and took off for a bike ride this morning.

We rode to the causeway.

We had oatmeal for breakfast with cherries and fresh blueberries.

We exercised Toby and practiced his week one commands. Afterward, he took his revenge on us by unraveling a rug and stealing John’s glasses. We were both furious. We put him in his crate and went for a long walk to cool down.

Since we had done everything right, I concluded that his bad behavior was an encouraging sign. He thought he needed to step up his game to regain control. 

We calmed down because the trainer said to never let the dog see you sweat. We took him for a walk at the community center. Then we practiced week one commands again. We did much better.

We decided on his target word. The trainer suggested “yes,” but that didn’t make sense because we use that word a lot in regular discourse. After dismissing “shithead” and other words, we settled on “treat.” 

Toby had another outburst after dinner, running around wanting us to play with him like a dog. He’s definitely stepping up his game. We played fetch and then took him on a long walk to regain control. In between his rambunctious moments he’s been sleeping, probably dreaming up his next caper.

Today’s bike routes to the causeway and back to home for masks then back to Dollar General and Publix

Miles walked: 7.3

Miles biked: 11.68