It's been 11 days since I've posted to this blog. I guess a business trip will do that. I spent my first nights away from Shasta, five days, while I was at a conference in Vegas.
One of the good parts of a trip like this is returning home to the overwhelming reception from the dogs, right? Right?? Umm, not so much from Shasta. I guess that was expecting a bit much from such a young dog. It was more of a "Hi Dad", ok, back to the routine. Pretty much the same reception as a work day.
That notwithstanding, she is still being a super sweet puppy. I've mentioned it before but I miss a dog that is so willing and happy to cuddle. Zenna's been that and it's appreciated. But she is "Kris' dog" and it isn't quite the same as it being with one of "my dogs". Shasta's filling a void for me. Ridiculous void to have with five other dogs in the house but it's there. Sonic is an awesome dog and super sweet, but not a cuddler. Pearle was a cuddler but not as much now in her senior years.
As for training, not much has happened, being gone and the extra work hours before and after. But we did do a little training session in the basement tonight. Mostly the basics, sit/down/left/right. I might be frustrated wondering if she will ever pick up on the left command but I recall Roxy having the same hurdle. I also started to add in a "wait" command to the sit. That went quite well.
It's another show this weekend and we will be working all classes we aren't running in so it will be long days. Hopefully we get home in time for me to get outside with the dogs a little bit.
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