Yesterday Sadie and I toddled off to the local shop with her keeping up a good pace on the way there and a reasonable one on the return journey….fortunately no deliveries to contend with in the shop this time.  We spent most of the rest of our day playing in the garden – love my little garden for my dogs – passing some time grooming Sadie and playing with some of her outdoor toys (toys that I can easily wash if they end up in the mud as Sadie zooms around with them).    I’ll also admit that we both had a little afternoon nap – well training is hard work after all!

Today I was due to meet my trainer at my workplace but after a bit of a saga with the taxi company I ended up working from home.  I texted my trainer to let her know and as she’s on class a fair distance away from my home (I’d never expect her to come such a distance in what would most likely be her own lunch break), we agreed Sadie and I would do some more solo work in between me working.  I think Sadie enjoyed a more relaxed start to her day being able to bask in the living room sunshine while digesting her breakfast.  Around lunchtime, with the sun on the decking area in my garden, I groomed Sadie outside with us both enjoying the warm sunshine and the birds hopefully making good use of all Sadie’s donated hair.  I then did some more work for a while before heading off to the local shop…its amazing the variety of things such a little shop manages to cram in.  Again Sadie’s guiding, and her pace, were good and I couldn’t fault her guiding me around in the shop.  When we got home I played ‘hide and seek’ for a while in the house and garden with Sadie – I get her to sit and wait and I go somewhere in the house or garden and call her, using her whistle too – it turns obedience practice into fun for Sadie.  Sadie is far too good at this game and finds me every time, perhaps something to do with the tiny piece of chicken shmacko she gets when she finds me (just as she does when I recall her when on free run).  Sadie then dozed for the rest of the afternoon while I finished my work and it was time for her dinner.

Tomorrow we are doing a solo walk from my work place with us meeting up with my trainer the day after to see how we’ve got on the last couple of days before planning our training work for that day.