Today in dog training, we learned how to get a dog to pose for a picture. This one John took, and I think it wins the prize.
We practiced a stay for a minute and forty five seconds in the front of the store with lots of distractions. We practiced passing other dogs without our dog losing focus. We practiced switching sides back and forth while heeling. We played a game where each person added a command and the next person had to repeat all the previous commands and add a new one. We practiced leaving our dog with a stranger and returning. We practiced letting a stranger pet our dog.
This is my camera command picture.
For the game, we had to surrender our pouches, which made it very difficult. Toby and I did okay, but I forgot to add a command. I was concentrating so hard on remembering what came before me. We’ll continue to practice this one this week.
Toby got a little fussy at times. After successfully doing the dog passing exercise, he lunged after a sweet, big dog and growled. He was playing, but he’s not supposed to do that. The teacher didn’t see, so when she complimented everyone we felt undeserving.
I can’t remember who took this picture, but it’s pretty good, even though he’s not looking at the camera.
John included this picture of the water tower progress.
It was a mostly cloudy day today, with periods of misting. The high temperature when we walked the causeway was 73 degrees.
A cold front moved in as the day progressed and temperature dropped to 70 degrees mid-afternoon as we prepared to take Toby to Petsmart training.
We are thoroughly exhausted. We’re grateful for our dog training progress and trying not to be too hard on ourselves where we fall short. After one particular fail, a nice lady with a really good dog said she admired me for always smiling and having fun even when Toby’s being a bubblehead. It was nice to hear, but she didn’t know that I sometimes smile when I’m embarrassed.
Miles walked: 12.7
Miles biked: 5.93
This month's walking and biking totals:
Feb. 10.4 Walking, Miles Per Day (total)
(291.4 miles total)
January 2022
9.8 (303.8)
December
10.8 (334.8)
November
10.5 (315)
October
9.6 (297.6)
September
8.2 (246)
August
6.8 (210.8)
July
6.2 (192.2)
June
7.3 (219)
May
6.8 (210)
April
8.2 (246)March
8.6 (266.6)February
8.1 (243)
January 2021
7.0 (217)
December 2020
5.6 (168)
November
5.2 (161.2)
October
6.7 (201)
September
8.5 (263.5)
August
6.3 (195.3)
July
6.7 (201)
June
5.8 (174)
February Biking
133.75 total miles
January 2022
41.06
December
163.23
November
120.94
October
171.29
September
244.33
August
156.50
July
271.24
June
407.60
May
281.43
April
224.65
March
222.18
February
78.62
January 2021
97.31
December
130.59
November
88.08
October
240.44
September
412.04
August
355.91
July
274.26
June
264.25
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