Like pretty much every pet owner, the first thing i do in the morning with my pet is let her out to pee! Y'all totally wanted to know that. Yes. I CAN read your mind! Muahaha! Okay back on topic... After i let her in a feed her. So interesting. I will actually be posting things i recommend to feed your dog, and what i feed my dog so Definitely keep an eye out for that! Anyhow, after she is all stuffed up i go outside, in weather permiting, and run her and play with her. I let her in and after going about my day I will tie her leash to the rack on the back of my bike and take her for a bike ride, another future post and how-to. After she is pooped we take a break and she gets some water, and we ride some more and take little breaks until she is completely worn out and is slowing down and is lagging behind. Now, I know my dog and even though she still has a lot of energy, she will lag behind. She IS capable of keeping up, but we just ride around my front yard. In the road she is always by my side. Why? I have no stinking idea. So, Let me rephrase. We stop when she is lagging behind AND is putting off the body language that says ' I have no interest in this anymore. I want to go inside! '. Every dog is different, but my dog says this by looking of to the side and not focusing anymore, and she also shows she wants to teak a looonnnggg break when she has no skip in her step anymore. It's just a bland fastwalk. Kinda like what you do when you are getting tired from jogging. Yes i know...from experience...Guilty! When she shows this body language, I put my bike in its place in the garage and untie the leash. We then sit in the shade under a tree and gulp some water. I go in and get my treat holder thingy (which is actually a makeup bag. There is a place where the lid folds over that there is a loop for eyeliner and i strung a skinny orange belt through it and full it with treats. 'Improvise!!', I always say!). I put some treats inside and we do some training in the shade. I just started teaching her tricks in late December of 2013. She now knows 'Bang' aka 'play dead', 'high five', 'double five' (a high five with both her paws), 'beg', 'sit pretty' ( normally used as an alternative word for beg, but i use the word to describe begging, but she puts her front paws on my knee, and crosses them. It's super cute.), 'shake hands', and lastly 'roll over'. I practice all of these as well as the basic sit, stay, lay down, and back. What 'back' is is basically where she steps 2 steps back and sits. Afterwards, I walk laps with her and use the clicker and treats to train her to sit when i stop. Yep. Still working on that one! The rest of the day we pretty much do whatever we want. Sometimes we ride bikes in the road, and sometimes I fatten her up with treats. Just depends. I hope you enjoyed!
Until next time-
~May~
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What's the first thing you do with your dog or cat...or hamster....or bird...you know what i mean, in the morning?