Difference of opinion
Mum and I had a difference of opinion yesterday. It was my training session in the morning. Oddly, Mum and I have completely different expectations. I see it as my opportunity to see my friends, catch up on their news and share my own. Ernie, tore a strip of their settee last week. Go Ernie. Maisey is as mad a I am, but only if she is within about 2 metres of another dog. We have to shout to each other while her owner holds her on the lead. I missed Dexter the Spaniel. He wasn’t there and I really like him. He might be moving up a class soon, which would be a shame.
And that’s where we hit the difference of opinion with Mum. She is under the impression that by now I should be in a position to move up a class. In order to do that I would have to spend my classes working instead of socialising. No fun. I am a very social animal. Mum thinks I might have the canine equivalent of Attention Deficit. Ok, so I don’t concentrate on things, but I’m a puppy – surely that’s ok. Everyone thinks I’m funny and loves me – except Mum, who says I’m hard work. She does love me, she just doesn’t find my behaviour funny.
Walking on a loose lead
Walking on a loose lead was a very big fail. I just wanted to go wherever my friends were, so I twisted Mum round and round until her vertigo was so bad that we had to stand and wait for her to recover. I wouldn’t even sit when asked. Mum was rapidly despairing of me. Wilma always says you should focus on the positives. I had a great time going through the tunnel. I focussed on Mum for a couple of minutes about half-way through the lesson. Then there was my highlight. It was don’t to Mum’s desperation to be fair. I had to walk around the circle weaving between the other dogs and taking no notice of them. No one expected me to get that right.
Mum had a plan. Out came the fish. With the help of my sardine friends, I did the whole exercise better than any other dog. It’s always good to let Mum end on a high, even if the rest of our lesson was hopeless.
Bounces and nibbles
Pebbles
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