Theo does good things III
We walked back in time today, from the nineteenth century Brunel Quay along to medieval St Tudwal's church in Llanstadwell on the north bank of the Cleddau river.
I have bought a couple of easy to clean silicone treat pouches, and the mixture of Theo's breakfast with a couple of chopped cocktail sausages and small chunks of cheese was very enthusiastically received. We kept stopping on the way to practice moving from one side to another, and doing the occasional twirl.
1) There were a couple of dogs playing ball by the car park as we set off, and Theo did show interest in them and pulled a bit, but didn't bark. I think he would have liked to play with them.
2) we passed a labrador, a very energetic-looking golden retriever, and a pair of (I think) kelpies or similar, with no barking even though the road was narrow.
3) at one point Theo began enthusiastically investigating a gate, which proved to have a very elderly border collie behind it. Theo wagged at him hopefully, but he was probably at least 5 years past being interested in foolish young hounds, and gave us a weary look.
4) we watched the seagulls and swans for a bit calmly.
5) Theo jumped on and off a lot of benches, walls, and other raised objects. He does love to go up and down, and doing it *for a reward* was even better.
6) on the way back, we ventured onto the beach and I let Theo have an offlead run, which went well, with some enthusiastic sea-weed sniffing, though there were no other dogs in sight at that point.
7) A very bouncy long-legged black dog -maybe a pointer - barked at us and was successfully ignored.
8) Theo wanted to explore one of the long mooring pontoons that are put out in the river for the summer season. He got about half way along, then realised that the waves were rather loud and the moored boats were moving in a suspicious manner, and gave in to a fit of barking. But he did come back to me when I called him. I think I should probalbly have taken him back to the car as soon as he began barking, he was a bit excited by the time we got back to land and I had to sit and stroke him for a while before we could go back to the car park. Still, all in all, a win.