I finally figured something out. While I LOVE to get my human up at 5 or 5:30, if one does so on the weekend, one gets the same walk that one gets during the work week. Down the road and back. BUT if one waits until 6 AM, it is starting to get light outside - so on the weekend, one gets a LONGER walk. Down the trail. I can't believe it has taken me so long to figure it out. Anyway, on Sunday morning, instead of our normal 30 minute morning walk, we went for a good stroll for about 45-50 minutes. It was brisk and misty but the sun was breaking through. A PERFECT morning. THEN it was the FG's turn. As my human headed down the road with him, he started to pull like crazy. And my human stopped. Let's face it. In the morning during the work week, she doesn't have a TON of time to train - so he does get away with pulling murder. But on Sunday, she decided enough was enough. And it wasn't HIS fault - he THOUGHT that's what he was supposed to do. Like some kind of crazed sled dog. Without the sled. So every time he went to the end of the lead, and he pulled, she stopped. Now she HAD done this some time ago, but somehow they slipped back into the old routine. He is isn't actually bad if he is wearing his harness - but put him on a regular collar like he was on Sunday, and that's when all pulling heck breaks loose. So my human stopped. And he stood at the end of a taught lead. She never said a WORD. She just stood like a statue. Eventually, he would either step backwards, or come back to her. And they would proceed. For 5 feet - when he would again begin to pull. So she would stop. This must have happened - 56 times. Actually, she lost count. She thought if anyone was watching, they would think she had lost it. I hate to tell her - the neighbors already think she has lost it - owning the three of us.
As they approached Jackson AKA Pig Pen's house, the pulling went into overdrive. So this time, my human turned around and headed back for home. The FG's head EXPLODED. WHAT was she doing? He raced to her side and was leaping around her. She turned around and headed the original route. And he walked with her - right at her side for like 15 feet and then started pulling. She turned around and headed back home. He went leaping crazy. So now they had this spinning routine going on. ANYWAY. He FINALLY caught on to what she wanted, by the time he got to the entrance for the trail. And along here, he walked fairly well, as he was so busy sniffing, he didn't pull.
Just as their walk was heading in a circle back for home, they ran into Pig Pen - who apparently lived up to his name the other day. Pig Pen went for a walk with Hudson and Hudson's human. Who didn't KNOW about Pig Pen's love for swamp water. She was apparently shocked to see him dive into the murkiest water you can IMAGINE. She ended up taking him to the lake to wash him off.
Anyway when the FG saw Pig Pen he went CRAZY. There wasn't time for them to go for a run - so all my human's hard earned work on the road earlier pretty much went out the window. How do you spell out-of-control? Luckily Pig Pen's humans are prepared for him and know how to dodge a jumping Picard.
By the time my human got home, she was ready to go back to bed. NOT a chance. We let her sleep in - she didn't NEED more rest. We really need to build up her stamina....She just needs more training.
Have a good one. Peace and paws up!
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