A Break From The Rain

 The dogs have been pretty much stuck indoors for the last couple of days as we have had loads of rain. Today is a bit brighter so I took the opportunity to get them out for a good long walk. Brian and Chaos went first, it's the first time I have taken the two of them together but it seems like a good pairing as Chaos cant go that far yet and although Brian can walk for miles he suffers for it afterwards so shorter walks are best for him. I still can't let Chaos off the lead if he is with another dog as he just wont come back close enough to get his lead on, on his own though it's not a problem. He still enjoyed his walk anyway.

Heidi, Kody and Brenda went a nice long walk all the way to Brandy Wharf, Brenda got her legs wet in the river and they spent plenty of time running around. I'm hoping I should now be in for a quiet afternoon so I can get some jobs done indoors although I suspect as soon as Chaos wakes from his nap he will be full of beans and ready to do something else :)

Chaos Video

We haven't really done much this week, I have been at work lots meaning Kody didn't get to go training on Wednesday. Hopefully this week we will actually make it! Heidi went on Thursday and was a bit calmer this week, I think once she realises we are going regularly again she will calm down, its all a bit too exciting at the moment though!

Chaos went to puppy class again yesterday, we worked on recalls and 'watch'. He can do watch me with no problems, his recall however is something that needs work. He was as good as gold in class, came straight back but when he is out on a walk he would much rather play the 'catch me if you can' game! Little monkey.

I have attached a video of the little man showing off his tricks so far. He is a very fast leaner and seems to be very accurate, I'm really enjoying training him :-)

 

Good news is Kody has finally started to play with Chaos, only a little bit now and then but it's a start, until now he was the only one who wouldn't go near him, probably sensible as he will have seen Chaos hanging off everyone else!

(Brenda and Chaos wrestling)

Puppy School!

On Thursday last week the dogs went to hydro for the first time in ages! I managed to set some photos of Brenda swimming, she absolutely loves it, she gets so excited and swims so fast :) She really makes me laugh, she is such a loving dog with so much character.

Chaos came too and watched his brothers and sisters swim, he wasn't phased at all, he sat on the ramp, had treats from Rod and Anne and was a very good boy. Wont be long until he is old enough to get his paws wet too!

On Saturday afternoon we decided to take Chaos down to the Agility Nuts KC show. We didn't have any dogs entered but we knew Jackie and Natalie would be there. Again Chaos wasn't really bothered about being there. He met a couple of puppies, lots of friendly big dogs and lots of people and the tannoy didn't bother him either.  He is really coming out of his shell now and Jackie and Anne gave him his first taste of Ice Cream, he loved that!!


Sunday morning was our first session at puppy school. Chaos is going to the puppy good citizen class in Scunthorpe. He is in a group with 2 collies, 2 greyhounds, an Akita and a Jack Russel. His favorite puppy was the Akita who was 3 weeks younger than Chaos but already bigger than him. They played wrestling for most of the lesson! He really liked our teacher too and as she has got Tervs she took a shine to him too (he is a charmer that's for sure!), she ended up using him to demonstrate sit and recalls and he was the model student, lets hope he continues to be a brainy boy :