Do you ever have one of those days when everything goes wrong?
Today was one of those days!
It should have been a great day,
the sun was shining and there was no wind,
a perfect day to do "fetch it" training in the park,
with just a few distractions.
Trouble was, a certain skinny black boy had other ideas.
Look at this face ---
have you ever seen anything more mischievous,
look at those big brown eyes,
and the cheeky grin.
TROUBLE!
The park was beautiful, a couple of magpies,
a toddler, butterflies and of course Chris.
I had brought the big bag of his favourite "fetch" junk
It started off well, this is what should happen--
I drop, he picks up the object and puts it in my hand,
simple!
If I cant hold it properly, no trouble, just give it to me again.
I love this activity and so does Middi, it is our star turn,
we can do it in the street, in the pet shop, at the beach, even in the little Super Market.
But not at the park, on a sunny day, with the camera!
I would like to blame Chris, the magpies or even the butterflies,
but I think it was just Middi "blowing me off".
Look at this video, I could do nothing right --
This video really is awful, but I think it is important to show the failures, as well as the successes,
not everything is easy!!!
It shows Middi taking no notice of me at all.
he even walked on cloth and ignored it!
I can laugh now, but I was really frustrated at the time.
As Chris said, we have to practice, where there are lots of things that interest poodle boys.
Here are some photos showing what boys are not supposed to do when asked to pick up dropped items.
What a clown!!!
These last pictures show what he was supposed to do!
Incidentally, it is much harder to pick up a slippery jar than a rag.
Middi picked it up with no problems at all.
Guess what we will be doing this weekend, rain, hail, or shine.
Until next time --- always count to ten!!!
I'm not given to using "Internet speak", but the look on his face, just now, especially in the first picture, was "LOL, wut?" It can be very frustrating!
ReplyDeleteThere are times Elka acts like she doesn't even have a brain in her head, and others, she's on the ball with things before I even get them out of my mouth (I have her pick up things I drop, with either "pick it up" or "can you get that?"). I was in the kitchen today after our walk, and turned around to see Elka standing in the doorway with an empty plastic water bottle in her mouth, like "I get a treat for this, right?"
Sometimes, they're just too smart, and make poor choices.
I'm loving the picture of him with his paws over his nose like he is just hiding from the world that day lol.
ReplyDeleteThe first pic is priceless.