Hawk's Schedule

8/4 Lake Mills
8/12 CCSDA Training

September 14, 2009

Up and Over

OccuPaws weekly sessions have moved to Monday nights. The puppies started the evening patrolling the chicken coop. It was a good opportunity to check their prey drive and test their ability to focus amongst distractions. Banjo actually did pretty well with the chickens; other canines are his Achilles Heel.

Again this week there was not a fenced in area, so no puppy playtime. Apparently Banjo needed to release some energy because when we got home he was a terror. He had the "Zooms" - running around with reckless abandon. This was not a big deal until he lost his head, jumped from the floor to the sofa, and then vaulted over the back of sofa to the floor below. His landing wasn't the smoothest, hopefuly he learned his lesson.


"I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better." - George Bird Evans, "Troubles with Bird Dogs"



Marley Update:
Marley took a trip yesterday to meet her new family in Verona. "She loved it there, they have a large staircase right inside the main door, Marley grabbed a toy and ran up and then slid down on her belly and smiled at all of us !!"

It sounds like she has found her permanent home.

2 comments:

Marlene said...

My sweet Banjo boy , he was just practicing for the jumps he seen Envy do last night , he "was" paying attention at class !!
FYI - I was practicing with Envy (my GSD)on her UKC UD routine of go out , sit , directed jumping .
Banjo wants to do it too .....

Anonymous said...

Yep, I was in the kitchen & heard him go tearing into the living room like his tail was on fire and went to check just in time to see him in mid air over the couch and thud onto the floor! Shook himself off and off he went--slower this time and NOT on the couch! Lisa