Brita is such a HOOT

So today it turned out to be a pretty nice day so I wanted to get some work done in the training area and took Brita out with me.  I literally cannot walk around the yard without her running over and starting to heel next to me.  I was carrying fence posts in my right hand and she is heeling on the left. 

Well, she is pretty persistent so I thought ok...  I can do some training (which I was going to do anyway) so I ran her little butt off.  It was pretty humid and she was breathing pretty hard so I stopped and told her to get in her pool which was FULL of water.  I did not expect her to lay down in it however!!!!  What great training for PSA!!

What a difference from the first summer and her introduction to water!  I guess Teddy was a good teacher!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Training with Terence

What a great time she had!!  When she got the sleeve and I said "take it home" (meaning back to the van), she ran in the other direction as if to say - "No, I'm not going...this is too much fun!"

At Home with Angie and Chico

The SUN was finally shining and it turned out to be a beautiful day to train dogs. Angie came with four dogs but had a great time playing with Chico (see slideshow) Brita was full of herself so we decided to video tape her.. enjoy the show!

In this video we were trying to have get on the toy truck... it was fun!

Chico really had fun running around the yard!

Training with Wayne

More training with Wayne Stephens at Angie's. Also Bobbie and Jason were there and.of course, Michelle! ....and even Ari got to take a few bites!!

Teddy and Bradley

My friend Angie was here doing some dog training and she brought her 12 year old son along. He was in and out of the house doing some computer stuff and being a really good kid. At some point we were in eating a pizza and then went outside and he started playing with Ari, Kobie and Olivia and we took some videos.. he really loves dogs.....

Anyway... Angie and I went back out and a hour later we wrapped it and came in the house. Bradley was in the living room on the computer. We were standing at the counter and he asked me how many dogs I have. I said the 3 he was playing with who were right by him and Brita. Then he said: "Well, there was another dog on the porch a little while ago and I went over to the door to look and then he wasn't there". I explained that there was no way a dog can get in or out of the yard with the fence setup and the 3 were right with him and Brita was with me. I asked him to describe the dog and he described Teddy. I pulled up a picture of Teddy when he was younger by the fence and he had a really dark face and Bradley said no, the dog was more grey.

So I showed him the picture that is below and he said, "that's the dog". When I told him Teddy was no longer with us, he was so funny because he said: "oh great... now I see dead dogs!"

... then I said... what was Joshua (my parrot) doing ( he was on the porch).. Bradley said: "He was saying Hello".

Here is Teddy's story...  Teddy Edward - The Story of an Awesome German Shepherd Dog

Bradley and the Dogs

Need I say more... they are having a blast!