An interesting day?

Remember my boy?

Two days ago he looked like this......

Hard to tell if he was a bear or a dog.

His face was overgrown and his eyes were invisible.

His legs had great hairy blobs on the ends 

that were supposed to be feet. 

There was so much hair growing between his toes that he skated on my polished floors. 

He even told me that he could not possibly do a "drop" because the floor was too dangerous for boys with long legs.

That was the last straw!

Today I sent him for a hair cut, 

and this is how he came back.........

A beautiful clean face and a pair of huge brown eyes.

His feet are now half the size they were, 

and there is no itchy hair between his toes.

He looked very handsome,

EXCEPT FOR THIS...

A purple and white bow!!!!!

He is a BOY, they do not wear bows, under any circumstances!

I took him  to Petstock 

because I knew Amanda could cut the bow off, 

I did not trust my wonky hands.

While I was waiting a lady came up to pat Middi

and said " what a beautiful poodle, what is her name"?

Next time his hair is cut, I will remember to say

NO BOWS!

An interesting training session this morning.

Chris is a very positive teacher,and is teaching me to be the same,

when Middi does something well he is rewarded 

with  praise and often a treat, 

if he is blowing me off ,Chris and I pretend to eat the treats. 

When he is really pushing the boundaries 

I tell him there will be "consequences", this usually works wonders.

Today he was being very cheeky.---

He knows that I always go in the front door first,

there are no exceptions --I am the pack leader.

This morning he decided the rule was going to change, 

so he started running in and out the door, thumbing his nose at me.

I gave him two chances and then warned him about "consequences:,

by this time my housekeeper was having problems keeping her laughter in.

I wheeled up to him, took him by the collar and told him in my best teachers voice to sit and stay!!

Then I wheeled back a few paces

and told him to sit/drop five times,

[that is push-ups for naughty pups]

when he finished I told him his last sit was beautiful and rubbed his head.

It really amazes me how  well this works, 

he behaved like an angel for the rest of the morning.

I did not loose my temper, there was no physical punishment,

just me being the leader.

Tomorrow we have a session with Chris, I am going to expect wonderful work from both him and me!

Until next time --- remember, it could be worse!!