Yes, Churry has discovered the joy and wonder of socks this weekend! I've decided to give her some more freedom in the house off of her leash so she's been able to explore. The result of that was her finding socks, socks, and more socks. It's hilarious watching her try to hide them from me. She thinks if she prances through the living room with her head turned away from me I won't notice the sock hanging out of her mouth. After confiscating at least 30 socks, nerf gun bullets, and various other odds and ends she has found during her "free" time, I decided she must be bored with her toys. So I made a trip to Pet Smart and she has 3 new "big" girl toys. She's been bored with her other toys for about a week now, so it was time for some new ones anyway. She now has a couple of squeaky toys which are very entertaining!
Churry also took 3 field trips this weekend. Unfortunately, I learned why she has an aversion to the vehicle...apparently, it's making her tummy hurt because she got sick on 2 of the 3 trips. :( The first night she went to a landscaping night at my school. She did really well with the kids that were there. She sits very calmly and lets them pet her. I was going to let her play on the playground equipment because there are pieces of equipment with very different surfaces that you can see through to the ground as well as moving things to play on. But, it started raining, so we'll go back another night. The second field trip was to the Huff and Puff Hot Air Balloon Festival. It was the biggest event she has been to and she did wonderful. She was very calm around all the people and was not bothered at all by the balloons. She did pull a LOT on the leash trying to eat everything in sight on the ground....sticks, leaves, etc. Then today, she went to school with me to work. Not too many distractions, but good for her to get out of the house anyway.
And Churry can "stay" for 30 SECONDS with me about 3 feet away from her! I was very excited that she seems to understand this command! It seems to take her about 2 weeks to really catch on to things pretty well. Now, if she can extend that and work on it with distractions...
Have a great week!
WOW, what a busy weekend. While at Challenge Air, we think we met someone who goes to your school. At least they said a teacher at their school was a puppy raiser (They go to school in Topeka... so I just assumed it was you).
ReplyDeleteHosta loves socks and stuffed animals too!
The tummy trouble in the car should be just a phase. The goldens seem to have more sensitive tummies as puppies. And most out grow it. Her sister Miami is also having the car sickness too... Hope she gets over it quickly though!
Good Churry! Spark is also a thief (socks and toys that aren't his are also his favorite things).
ReplyDeleteSpark is almost 7 months old and can just now hold his stay with distractions around for 5+ minutes. I hope Churry learns stay faster then he did.