Bogey, the boarding and mellow yet shy Beagle, did find a playmate in Petey and Lucey today. Petey is a Giant Schnauzer that is quite lovely, and Lucey is a very cute Westie girl, that no one is able to resist. I was surprised that Bogey responded to the Giant Schnauzer just because I thought his size would intimidate him. However, Pete's sweetness must have captured his attention.
Kate and Hannah, the Springer sisters, came yesterday. Hannah has been enjoying my bed when she is not playing. She was not so much up for play yesterday, but today she rounded up Leon and Magoo the Great Dane puppy to play with.
Murphy, the small girl Lab, came today. She wears everyone out with her energy. Luckily we have a bunch of playmates here for her to tire out!! She saw her good friend, Minny Man, during his walk. They are an unlikely pair the Chi X and exhuberant Lab, but it's been love at first sight since they met!
Bella, the Mastiff puppy, had lesson number six on the beach today. The exercises being worked on now are stay with duration, distance, and distraction and firming up the Let's Go command more. Downs are slow but at the first command which is good. Sits have come back to first command (there was a long vacation in there for everyone where a bit of work was lost LOL). Bella is so adorable and mellow that it's pretty unbelievable.
Hoobey, the aggressive Springer, came today. He's almost asleep right now, and we both had a looooonnnnnggg day together. He's a project for sure, so it will be interesting to see how it turns out. Right now the most challenging part is getting him in and out of the crate (thank goodness for my time at Doberman Rescue)!! I got a little video of his less extreme reactions, I will probably be able to capture a more extreme reaction tomorrow morning before we (hopefully) start decreasing their occurances. He looks pretty tired and happy right now. A dog just walked by his crate without a reaction....ooops spoke to soon the dog walked back and got a bit of a growl
. Hoobie is going to be a project. I am pretty sure he's going to be sound a sleep shortly. His owners are definately not imagining what a little tuffy he is. His background includes some pretty serious medical issues that caused much pain when he was younger (and some chronic ones that can cause pain now on occaision). He is a resource guarder too.
Magoo continued his day four training towards obedience competition for AKC. Magoo is a Great Dane puppy, and extremely cute and biddable. He gets very sleepy after his training session, and we cuddle on the couch afterwards as we train....
His sister, Lucey, for her barking which is mostly prey motivated. Only problem is that it's at every commercial or program for her owners. Also apparently it's in the car and out and about where real wild and domestic animals may be. In a household with three dogs, this can cause quite a chain reaction.
And Petey, the Giant Schnauzer, just got to have a great time at daycare. As far as Petey is concerned, the more the merrier.
