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Jul. 11th, 2008 09:38 amOh my goodness. Trying to get through an agility class with an energetic dog who didn't get his 2 mile after work walk? Even worse than I thought it would be. I did not enjoy that class.
I take some mild consolation in the other dogs being kind of squirrelly too. It was the last class of the session and I swear that all of the dogs were like thirteen-year olds on the last day of the school year.
But back to me, if had had any doubts that the long walks make a difference in handling Tom, last night would have cured that.
I'm actually thinking about trying to take up running again for our evening walks. It would be good for my own fitness, Tom would like that, I think, and, most important of all, it might aid in my quest to keep his energy levels contained.
Oh, in one bit of developing good news, Tom does seem to be getting better around children again. About two months ago or so, he decided that kids are Very Scary and do everything he could to get away from them. Which is sad, because a cute, fluffy dog is like catnip to kids. There are some really nice children that we see regularly in the course of our walks and I've been working on things by giving them treats to give to Tom. In the past couple of days, he's started to walk right up to a couple of the kids with little or no hesitation. *Knock on wood,* I'm hopeful that we're starting to turn the corner on that issue.
I take some mild consolation in the other dogs being kind of squirrelly too. It was the last class of the session and I swear that all of the dogs were like thirteen-year olds on the last day of the school year.
But back to me, if had had any doubts that the long walks make a difference in handling Tom, last night would have cured that.
I'm actually thinking about trying to take up running again for our evening walks. It would be good for my own fitness, Tom would like that, I think, and, most important of all, it might aid in my quest to keep his energy levels contained.
Oh, in one bit of developing good news, Tom does seem to be getting better around children again. About two months ago or so, he decided that kids are Very Scary and do everything he could to get away from them. Which is sad, because a cute, fluffy dog is like catnip to kids. There are some really nice children that we see regularly in the course of our walks and I've been working on things by giving them treats to give to Tom. In the past couple of days, he's started to walk right up to a couple of the kids with little or no hesitation. *Knock on wood,* I'm hopeful that we're starting to turn the corner on that issue.