It's taken awhile to get Mom back to the computer. She was talking about not helping me with writing the blog and just forgetting it. Can you imagine that??? People count on hearing from me. She can't just quit!!! You know if you put a bit of a guilt trip on your people, they usually come through for you.
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| watching the Hawks at Mike and Jacqui's |
Last time I told you how well I was doing at tracking but now it seems I've gone a bit backwards or maybe it's just that I want to do my own thing. For instance, when our friend, Val, put in a track and Mom didn't know where the corners were, I started out great. Mom said it was the best start she's seen from me...but then, I just kept going straight because there was tall grass straight ahead and I really like tall grass! Once we got straightened out, I did a pretty good job but as Mom said, "Not good enough." There were some pretty long legs that I did great on! Then on that really windy Saturday, Sarah put in a short track with a couple of turns. Considering the wind, I did OK, but "not good enough."
That same day Mom and Sarah were showing this guy, Brandon, how to lay a track. We need folks to do that when we have our tracking test in January. Mom hopes we will be able to enter but things have to pick up before we try to certify.
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| my new friend, Duke |
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| Luther Burbank dog park |
Today we went to Luther Burbank park so Dad could give me a couple of short tracks. Heard them say they would be getting longer after today and Dad is not going to help Mom with the corners so much! Let's see what happens. After we did the 2 tracks we walked out to the end of the park and Mom kept hiding a "liver glove" around the concrete foundation of the old dairy barn. It wasn't much of a challenge because I've got a good nose. She did the same thing with hiding things in the back yard filled with turkey meatballs she had heated up. Those were a piece of cake so to speak. After the hide and find game we went into the dog park. It's on the lake and I've been there before. Today there weren't so many dogs there and I met this boxer named Duke. He and I went out wading; Mom thinks that if he had gone swimming I would have too. She'll never know will she. Lake Washington isn't nearly as cold as Puget Sound so maybe I will someday. Gotta keep them guessing ya' know.
This tracking is going pretty well since I get treats all the time. Remember when I hardly ate anything? Now I eat just about everything and, as you probably know (Mom does), it catches up with you. Starting to hear that word "diet."
Later,
Juno
