Ok, it's been waaaay too long since we've posted and we've had a few people "hounding" us to update the blog (sorry, couldn't resist) so here goes -
Where to start? Maggie has had a great summer, but before we get to that - Maggie was recently highlighted as the "Dog of the Month" at her day care. We think her qualification for this is simply that she's the most adorable dog ever. ;) Here's the story and really great photo from the newsletter.
Maggie really loves day care and has a great time there. The best part is picking her up, you just wouldn't recognize her - tail wagging, jumping, and she won't hesitate to jump over other dogs if it helps her get to us faster. It's really great to see.
She has changed so much since this time last year. She is much less jumpy and now when we run into people on the street or in the parks, one of the first things out of their mouth is no longer "what's her story?". After "What kind of dog is she?" the next most frequent now is "how old is she?" because although she's more "normal" she is pretty subdued so everyone assumes that she's an older dog... until we get her worked up into doing sprints, then no one can believe how fast she is. At the parks she still doesn't play with the other dogs, but gets really fired up if we run with her so we end up running a lot. Of course this works better when there aren't other dogs there trying to tackle us. The best part really is that when we look at her, we see a genuinely happy and much more confident dog - her head is up, her tail is up and she has her big toothy grin.
Maggie went through basic obedience training this summer at Collins Canine and did really well. In the first couple classes Maggie was pretty unsure about it, but once she became more comfortable in that environment she started getting the concept and learning quickly. She now sits and lays down on command pretty much 100% of the time. She got lots of extra practice with those since we didn't realy have to participate in the "leave it" and "no jumping" lessons. One classic Maggie moment happened during a very basic intro to the agility training equipment. There is a tunnel that the dogs are supposed to run through. Maggie of course saw this as the perfect den - she went in, lay down and refused to leave. No amount of coaxing, pushing and pulling would get her out. We eventually lifted one end of the tunnel until she had to slide out the front.
There's more to tell, so we'll post more soon!
Where to start? Maggie has had a great summer, but before we get to that - Maggie was recently highlighted as the "Dog of the Month" at her day care. We think her qualification for this is simply that she's the most adorable dog ever. ;) Here's the story and really great photo from the newsletter.
Maggie really loves day care and has a great time there. The best part is picking her up, you just wouldn't recognize her - tail wagging, jumping, and she won't hesitate to jump over other dogs if it helps her get to us faster. It's really great to see.
She has changed so much since this time last year. She is much less jumpy and now when we run into people on the street or in the parks, one of the first things out of their mouth is no longer "what's her story?". After "What kind of dog is she?" the next most frequent now is "how old is she?" because although she's more "normal" she is pretty subdued so everyone assumes that she's an older dog... until we get her worked up into doing sprints, then no one can believe how fast she is. At the parks she still doesn't play with the other dogs, but gets really fired up if we run with her so we end up running a lot. Of course this works better when there aren't other dogs there trying to tackle us. The best part really is that when we look at her, we see a genuinely happy and much more confident dog - her head is up, her tail is up and she has her big toothy grin.
Maggie went through basic obedience training this summer at Collins Canine and did really well. In the first couple classes Maggie was pretty unsure about it, but once she became more comfortable in that environment she started getting the concept and learning quickly. She now sits and lays down on command pretty much 100% of the time. She got lots of extra practice with those since we didn't realy have to participate in the "leave it" and "no jumping" lessons. One classic Maggie moment happened during a very basic intro to the agility training equipment. There is a tunnel that the dogs are supposed to run through. Maggie of course saw this as the perfect den - she went in, lay down and refused to leave. No amount of coaxing, pushing and pulling would get her out. We eventually lifted one end of the tunnel until she had to slide out the front.There's more to tell, so we'll post more soon!
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