Dogs. Big dogs and little dogs...

Tui, what an adorable little puppy you have! Ben wants to take the next plane down to San Diego to play with her.

Lottie is very mellow today after spending half of yeturday in the country; first swimming at Susie Blue's lake, and then playing with the other dogs in her agility class. Yes, Lottie is again in school. She's had 3 obedience classes already which, ask anyone, she(we) has (have) failed. Even our old neighbor David would agree. One day I heard him calling to me so I went around the house and there was David on the sidewalk in a standoff with Lottie who had a large sock in her mouth. I guess the gate had not been locked and Lottie had escaped, run into the neighbor's house, and stole some of his laundry! Unbelievable! Thankfully David was gracious and not too upset. I had always thought him an odd ball. I thought better of him after that.

Anyways, Lottie started agility class and it is very fun. There is an obstacle course she must learn with planks, and teeter-totters, and jumps and hoops. She seems to take to it naturally. At least she shows no fear on the apparatus, and once she learned there's food at the other end she screamed right over/through the obstacles. Her classmates are all labrador mixes, 2 of them Dozer, and Jorden, should probably be in remedial school, but this is all fun and games, and who cares if the dogs do the tricks anyways right? I'm sure they are a little upset to be in class with a completely hyperactive dog who, when she is not busy doing the tricks superbly, is dragging her owner over the field and playfully entangling leashes with the other classmates. We did work on "heal" and "leave it." Now if I could only find time to practice with her....