The Pastrami Incident
Yesterday was not the greatest day; we finally found Hershey's weak spot...
After a good morning of sleeping in the crate nicely, eating breakfast properly, and pooping in the perfect spot in the yard, we went on a nice little walk the two of us together. I'm trying to teach her to walk either "to my left" or "to my right" which will help when we're facing obstacles.
Shortly afterwards, we went in the car to Petsmart where we got her toenails clipped. She was very good again, not barking or pulling away. She was so excited around the store, which was inevitable, and did quite well with one of the bigger dogs there, but not great with one of the excited puppies who was in training class - she actually barked at him - not good, but the puppy was being bothersome. Anyhow, we got more supplies, and then headed back home. There was one point where she started to give signals that she was going to throw up again, but after holding her muzzle closed and petting her, she didn't puke at all, which was great! We got her out of the car shortly afterwards and walked to the grocery store where I stayed with her while Chris got food for lunch.
We got back home and started making lunch for ourselves, including soup, salad and sandwich... Chris had finished putting together reubens to toast with the pannini grill when he turned around to put the pastrami away but noticed one full slice on the ground; there was that pause, like in movies, where we looked at each other then the ground, then the perfectly closed container in his hand, then back to the table - where we were like "that's funny, shouldn't there be another half-sandwich there?" Click! We finally realized that Hershey - BAD Hershey had stolen the meat-side of the sandwich. She obviously knew that what she had done was wrong, because as soon as we turned around to find her, she had darted away. We threw the sandwich away and Chris had to punish Hershey a bit for having been so bad. She understood but it was so sad to punish her. We sent her outside while we cleaned up and then welcomed her back in. She was extremely good for the rest of the day.
In the afternoon, Hershey and Thilo had another play date. I didn't think that she'd be up for playing because she's just been so pooped recently, but Chris took her and they had a fantastic time. Hershey flew like the wind when playing ball and teased Thilo who, since he's so much smaller and still very young, couldn't keep up. She also got to meet anonther dog, a big huge old Rotweiler X Husky who was very gentle with both Hershey and Thilo. When she came back home, she had dinner and then basically lounged around the house. She was very good during our dinner.
To cap off another exciting day, we had her meet some of our other friends, Colin and Becky, who loved her! They got to give her treats and saw her play one of her favorite games; find the lambchop stuffy hidden under her blanket (she digs and sniffs it out - it's great!). She was very good going to bed, only resisting a bit, and slept through until 5 am, where we thought she wanted to go out, but I think the rain dissuaded her. From 5 until 7, she got to sleep at the foot of the bed on the floor. A pretty sweet treat!
After a good morning of sleeping in the crate nicely, eating breakfast properly, and pooping in the perfect spot in the yard, we went on a nice little walk the two of us together. I'm trying to teach her to walk either "to my left" or "to my right" which will help when we're facing obstacles.
Shortly afterwards, we went in the car to Petsmart where we got her toenails clipped. She was very good again, not barking or pulling away. She was so excited around the store, which was inevitable, and did quite well with one of the bigger dogs there, but not great with one of the excited puppies who was in training class - she actually barked at him - not good, but the puppy was being bothersome. Anyhow, we got more supplies, and then headed back home. There was one point where she started to give signals that she was going to throw up again, but after holding her muzzle closed and petting her, she didn't puke at all, which was great! We got her out of the car shortly afterwards and walked to the grocery store where I stayed with her while Chris got food for lunch.
We got back home and started making lunch for ourselves, including soup, salad and sandwich... Chris had finished putting together reubens to toast with the pannini grill when he turned around to put the pastrami away but noticed one full slice on the ground; there was that pause, like in movies, where we looked at each other then the ground, then the perfectly closed container in his hand, then back to the table - where we were like "that's funny, shouldn't there be another half-sandwich there?" Click! We finally realized that Hershey - BAD Hershey had stolen the meat-side of the sandwich. She obviously knew that what she had done was wrong, because as soon as we turned around to find her, she had darted away. We threw the sandwich away and Chris had to punish Hershey a bit for having been so bad. She understood but it was so sad to punish her. We sent her outside while we cleaned up and then welcomed her back in. She was extremely good for the rest of the day.
In the afternoon, Hershey and Thilo had another play date. I didn't think that she'd be up for playing because she's just been so pooped recently, but Chris took her and they had a fantastic time. Hershey flew like the wind when playing ball and teased Thilo who, since he's so much smaller and still very young, couldn't keep up. She also got to meet anonther dog, a big huge old Rotweiler X Husky who was very gentle with both Hershey and Thilo. When she came back home, she had dinner and then basically lounged around the house. She was very good during our dinner.
To cap off another exciting day, we had her meet some of our other friends, Colin and Becky, who loved her! They got to give her treats and saw her play one of her favorite games; find the lambchop stuffy hidden under her blanket (she digs and sniffs it out - it's great!). She was very good going to bed, only resisting a bit, and slept through until 5 am, where we thought she wanted to go out, but I think the rain dissuaded her. From 5 until 7, she got to sleep at the foot of the bed on the floor. A pretty sweet treat!
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