Saturday was spent at Craven for the Good2Go flyball tournament. Taz got to spend some quality time with Dad for the day. The foster cats came home from Petsmart. Man was it hot! Pepper decided to sleep upside-down while waiting between races.
We headed to the Poop Guys' acreage on Sunday for some flyball practice for Taz. The rain every Thursday has made it difficult for him to progress. I set up the one jump work with Spike in the other lane. Rebecca was kind enough to hold and release Taz. He loves her now since she usually has treats!!! We were doing great! Taz was ignoring Spike and running right for his tuggie the way he should. We got some good distance up and then Spike decided to run right at Taz. OMG I am thinking, please let there be no fight! Taz ignored Spike and kept running for me! HALLELUJAH! A step in the right direction! When Taz got to me, I gave him tonnes of treats, verbal and physical praise. Rebecca came running over and joined in. We figured that Taz was pointed right at Spike, possibly giving him the stink eye and Spike decided to try and tune him in. Pretty darn close to the real thing of running in a lane. Taz will have to learn to watch where he is looking because most dogs do not like to be stared at. In any case, he did what he was supposed to do and ignored the dog running at him. I will take this small step in the right direction and we will build upon it.
Before we even started practicing some flyball, Pepper and Taz got to run around in Rebecca's huge field. This field has grass that is about 3 feet high. Taz was doing his best kangaroo impression running through the grass. Pepper did not have to bound through the grass, she plowed through it! They had loads of fun. We plan on going back on the weekend for some more flyball work and fun in the field. If I remember to bring my video camera next time, I will try to record the kangaroo in action.
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