We got a few thunder dumpers today. Scout didn’t seem to scared of the thunder and lightning but the very heavy rain, that happened to be falling when I got home to put him out did freak him out a little bit. We went out in the yard and maybe it was the noise of the rain on my umbrella, (ever try to walk a puppy with an umbrella in your hand?) but Scout just wanted to sit ON my feet and hang out under the dry umbrella. Wet puppies are kind of silly looking :-).
Archive for July, 2006
Tonight I introduced Scout to a frisbie. He loved it! It’s just a small floppy one made of nylon and rope around the outer circle but to him it was pure gold. He would run and pick it up, shake it to be sure it was dead, and then the best part was he would bring it back to me. Getting him to let it go was not an easy task, we are just starting the drop command and trading things for treats and praise. Once he did drop it he was rarin to go again. We played for a good 15 minutes in the yard.
This was right on the heels of his longest walk yet we went from our house #12 to #31 down the street. Came home and I ate dinner while he rested and then off to the yard for frisbie. He is getting to be a lot of fun, just cannot wait until he understands the “no bite” command. Teeth on skin is not good. Teeth on bare ankles is even worse!
We decided to try something different for a walk tonight. We took both dogs and went down the street. It was the longest walk Scout has been on yet, a whopping about 12 houses down the street. 
It was interesting how Scout wanted to be the leader, as long as he was at least a half a body length in front of Taz he walked pretty well, when she was in front he pulled and tugged to get in front. There is a little over 12 years difference between them and he thinks he is top dog.
Hopefully he will crash tonight. He has been sleeping very well the past couple of nights.
So, Michele got Scout a Jolly Ball to play with today. He thinks it’s pretty fun running around and throwing it. Here’s a short video. If some of you cannot see the videos let me know and we can try something else.
I am sitting here listing to someone whining because he wants to run the stairs. Scout learned to climb stairs on the fourth of July going on the deck stairs going up and down, up and down, up and down. Now he thinks that they are no big deal and is trying to race up and down in the house. It started out just going up the half flight to the front door landing and not wanting to continue but now it’s like they are not even there. Taz is bummed since the basement was her hideaway from him.
I got a few requests for the warning poster that I posted a few days ago so here is the information:
http://www.akc.org/pdfs/press_center/PSA_print/hot_car7×10.pdf
Please pass the word on.
Woo hoo it’s July 4th and we went to a picnic! There were going be several dogs there to play with outside. Unfortunately, Mikey is too old to play. Samson just doesn’t want to play, Scout kept trying to play with Samson, who is a big black lab mix, but he put Scout in his place once or twice so Scout left him alone. 
Wylie the playmate prospect, a Toy Aussie puppy was too nervous to play with Scout. We tried several times to let them play but he would just sit down and pin his ears back so far that they touched at the back of his head. Scout was bummed out 
. We might try going to Wylie and Samson’s house sometime, although Wylie isn’t going to get much bigger than Scout is now, just 15 pounds as an adult, so we would need to do it before the brute towers over him 
. We ever thought that Wylie and Scout could share Scout’s exercise pen but we decided to skip that as to make him any more nervous than he was already. Maybe another time.
He ran all over with Taz when we got home. We decided that after seeing the way Samson put Scout in his place that Taz really hasn’t done that yet, she just toys with him but wants to play and maybe feels that she will lose her playmate if she gives him a good scolding.
Since no one would play with Scout, he need to make up his own games. He stole a water bottle, well it really started by him licking the condensation off the outside from being in the cooler and when it fell over it became such fun! 
Rolling a half empty bottle as the water sloshed around was good for at least 20 minutes of enjoyment. He got the label off and didn’t want to give that to Michele at first, thinking that he got a super prize but realized that the bottle was the real prize. He was picking it up and throwing it down and rolling it all over the place.
We got the dogs a flying saucer toy to keep them thinking. You fill it with treats and screw the top on and as they chew it the treats fall out. The company sells small treats to put inside the toy but they are about the size of Cheerios and they fall out too easily so we loaded it up with 1/4 inch nuggets that we have called Bitz and they have to work a little bit to get them out. 
Of course they are usually chasing each other around with the toy. Here is one of the rare moments of concentration where Scout isn’t climbing on top of Taz or muckled onto her fur.
It’s pretty funny to watch Scout play soccer with Zach’s basketball tonight. He was all over the yard pushing it and running so fast that when he jumped on top of it he rolled right over. I didn’t get a chance to get the camera out before he tuckered out. I will try tomorrow at the July 4th picnic at Dori and Jon’s house. Hopefully Dawna will bring Wiley and they can have a ball together.
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