A short but heavy rain rolled through about the time I was getting off from work, and I wasn’t in the mood to train the dogs in wet waist-high weeds. The dogs were wound up and not in the mood for formal training anyway, so I compromised by playing “fetch” with them in the back yard.
Squirt wouldn’t go out, and Sophie spent most of the time hunting mushrooms. I played fetch with Elvis, and when Dakota joined in, I incorporated a little training on breaking and honor training with her.
They both did well and enjoyed the game, as did Sophie, who had grown bored with the mushrooms and joined in on it. In all, it was a good relaxing time that burned off a lot of their energy and gave me the opportunity to reinforce, in a playful atmosphere, what we had been training on.
