Summer Gone

Marley's outings today consisted of a trip to the bank and a farm visit. I think her preference is the farm due to the olfactory stimulation and her animal friends. However her canine pal, Summer, was not there to play with. She had gone out for a run.

So for her last week on the farm there was no puppy play time. We did stop to see the pigs before shopping, but Marley was not as enamored with the swine as usual and kept her distance. That might be because they nibbled on her ear and nose last week - she didn't seem to mind it then.

Marley was put in a DOWN STAY while we packed up our vegetables and chatted with an older customer about training her dog. Marley did have a few young visitors while we shopped. She maintained her usually calm demeanor. There was only a minimal amount of creeping when she was alone, sampling the different grasses.

The older woman was having an issue with her dog (husky, lab mix) pulling when on leash, otherwise he is well behaved. We tried to explain the virtues of a pinch collar, but she refused anything but a halter. Pulling in a halter, go figure.

After getting our share, we ventured out to the self pick garden. Again Marley had to DOWN STAY as we picked peppers and searched for the cilantro. Five minutes of activity, then I checked Marley's recall. She jumped up and sprinted to me and sat - Good Girl. This was repeated a few more times, until we saw the tilled remains of the cilantro crop.

Before we left we made one last stop to let Marley gaze at her piggy friends and say goodbye.