Athena cleared her vet visit yesterday with flying colors. Today it was a celebration of sorts. On Thursdays, Jack the German Short Hair pointer pup comes and spends the day to be socialized and deenergized. His parents are awesome and understand the importance of training, socialization and reinforcing great behavior. Jack doesn’t know any of that. He does know he has a ton of energy and wants to play. Athena was a little miffed when she found out she had to leave for class shortly after Jack arrived. Anara thought this was beyond cool. Two hours of pure wrestling fun with another german pup!
Athena’s pout didn’t last long when she realized she got to walk to the training facility. She loves to walk! Once there, she met Brooklyn, an ABC student who is training with us. Brooklyn worked on loose leash walking skills with Athena inside and then worked on adding movement and distance to her touch. She worked diligently through class and seemed to love every minute of the attention. She ignored a few barks by Ranger the GSD and offered a polite sniff to Ranger’s sister Macy. Polite, focused and attentive, cannot get much better than that. We walked back home politely on a loose leash. There was no crossing in front or pulling. Just a nice quiet walk in the pouring rain (the only one that seemed to mind that was me).
Once we got back, Anara had to go to her room so Jack and Athena could meet and get acquainted for real. Anara took this in stride and fell sound asleep. Apparently two straight hours of Jack play is a bit wearing. Athena and Jack played together for another hour and then Anara came back in to join the party. Another three hours of puppy craziness before everyone fell sound asleep snuggled to each other. Athena is not a fan of playing in a group of three. She preferred to jump in after everyone settled down. She is very active in her play when it is one and one and more of a sidelines observer when another pup gets involved. All in all a great day for Athena, Anara and Jack.
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