06-30-2009

We made our trip into town this afternoon. I scratched / petted him all of the way there. We stopped at DQ and ordered 3 small cones. Ziva got her's first and then Duece and me, of course. Duece's was in a water dish and he took one lick and looked out the windows. He basically ignored it all the way home, even after we stopped, thinking he would eat it when we weren't moving. When we got home it was time for all of the dogs to get fed so Duece got a couple big scoops of ice cream from his cone on his food and the rest of the cone was split up between the other dogs. Duece stood over his dish and stared at the ice cream and even though I knew he had ice cream before, it looked like he wasn't going to eat. Finally he ate it and then cleaned out his bowl.
We really need to get him traveling as we need to do training away from home. I can take him in the Ranger but we're limited.
Later this evening we went around the yard doing the 'Get up' on various things and after awhile Duece was just wild! I made a ramp with steps on it and for once he was the first one to run up it. It is made of 2x10s about 18" wide and 6' long. It's set up on against the deck and is fairly steep and it didn't seem to bother him as long as there was a treat available. We moved around the corner of the house and when we headed back to the deck he jumped like he was going to jump into the 'kiddy pool' and make a big splash but he completely cleared the whole pool. Like I said he was just wild this evening.