Time for more picture taking! We went to Lowe's where I demonstrated my sit-stay and down-stay - successfully!
We got to board my friend, Kiko, for a few days. She's a working guide and it turns out that we are the same size! Well, we were at the start of the week but I'm bigger than she is now. I got to go to the hospital with her to visit her mom and I was very good. Mom was worried about my having an accident while we were heading back and forth to the sixth floor but no problem. It was more challenging to walk with both of us, I think. Kiko on the right and me on the left. I wanted to play so Mom was tripping. After a couple of those it finally got through that we were both working. After that it was no problem. It's good I can figure these things out quickly, right?
We went to some friends house for Thanksgiving dinner. There was no parking immediately available so we parked across the street. Mom took a shortcut over the dry weeds to get to the sidewalk. I tried to follow but OW, OW, OW!!! Mom calls them 'goatheads' but I call them painful! It was a whole sticker patch, not just dry weeds! Mom felt awful! I held very still while she pulled them out of all four paws. Some of them had broken but Mom was very patient and made sure she got every single one before we went anywhere. I admit it took a couple of days before I would willingly jump out of the car again. Wow, that hurt! The good news was that I was a good boy at dinner. Even when I was in the kitchen and someone dropped a turkey bone on the floor! Mom growled and I left it alone.Mom is starting to let me have little bits of freedom here and there inside the house. I'm good at tie down now but I prefer to be in my huge kennel because I can move more freely. Tonight I played fetch up and down the hall. That was fun! Mom hasn't let me do that in a very long time (something about peeing in her kitchen) and I'd forgotten how much fun it can be. Remy, the little poodle who lives here, is very bossy and doesn't always let me get the toy but I just wait for a minute and grab the toy when he walks away.
