My new dog
I have a new dog.
Like Hermione, she's a small spunky female who is quick, prances and is sweet. She loves people and food.
However she's quite different. Most obviously, she's black. She is more laid back. She has already fallen asleep on a down at my son's therapy. A vocalizing kid walked by and she didn't even react.
She LOVES petting which is great, because I also love to pet. And it means I can easily reward her when we're out in public.
She's about 3 months younger than Hermione when I got her. She's barely two. I dunno if it's being younger or what. But my new dog seems impressionable and eager and willing to make mistakes and unsure right now. Once we have success at a task, she's quick and confident. And in fact she's already learned some positioning issues in working with me.
Unlike Hermione who lived to play with a ball, she doesn't like to play fetch at all. She likes bones, but otherwise toys don't appear to interest her. I will miss watching a dog run around playing fetch. But the key word is watching, because I can only throw the ball a few times. So I actually appreciate that she prefers other things.
She shimmers when she gets excited. Not the powerful whip tail action, but rather she undulates reminding me of an otter. Her fur is also dense and silky like an otter's too. And she has a thick broad otter-like tail of the lab.
She's the niece of C's dog, so I'll be in C's good books for years.
I will post photos later. Graduation isn't until Feb 21, so I'll probably hold off on the name until then in a public post. I am still wiped from our intensive training - 2 weeks compacted into 3 days.
Like Hermione, she's a small spunky female who is quick, prances and is sweet. She loves people and food.
However she's quite different. Most obviously, she's black. She is more laid back. She has already fallen asleep on a down at my son's therapy. A vocalizing kid walked by and she didn't even react.
She LOVES petting which is great, because I also love to pet. And it means I can easily reward her when we're out in public.
She's about 3 months younger than Hermione when I got her. She's barely two. I dunno if it's being younger or what. But my new dog seems impressionable and eager and willing to make mistakes and unsure right now. Once we have success at a task, she's quick and confident. And in fact she's already learned some positioning issues in working with me.
Unlike Hermione who lived to play with a ball, she doesn't like to play fetch at all. She likes bones, but otherwise toys don't appear to interest her. I will miss watching a dog run around playing fetch. But the key word is watching, because I can only throw the ball a few times. So I actually appreciate that she prefers other things.
She shimmers when she gets excited. Not the powerful whip tail action, but rather she undulates reminding me of an otter. Her fur is also dense and silky like an otter's too. And she has a thick broad otter-like tail of the lab.
She's the niece of C's dog, so I'll be in C's good books for years.
I will post photos later. Graduation isn't until Feb 21, so I'll probably hold off on the name until then in a public post. I am still wiped from our intensive training - 2 weeks compacted into 3 days.