Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Time flies when you're having fun!

Well, it's certainly been a little while since I last posted on here! Things got busy with the fourth of July! We had such wonderful weather here, that to be inside doing anything was an absolute waste. BUT since the last post of mine, the missing boxer (the one that got taken in a stolen truck) has been found, and I believe this dog was alive! What a relief that must be for the owner. I know I would have been beside myself wondering how my dog was.

Actually, to be honest here, I feel like a lot has happened, but I feel that if I try to type all of it, I wont do any justice to all the things! Over the weekend of July 4th Levi learned to swim on his own! I know that swimming for dogs is a natural instinct, but Levi had NO desire to swim. He was fine just wondering into the water and beating at it with his paw. Well, over this weekend, he finally swam OF HIS OWN ACCORD! nobody carried him out and let him swim back in, he jumped in the water and swam! Now he likes water just like any other dog. This took a lot of work to do with him, but I am so glad that I did it! Now the little guy can really cool off in the summer, and get exercise without over heating! I also bought him a life jacket. For those of you out there laughing at me, I really do have his best interest at heart. The life jacket is more for when he is in the boat with us. It's easier to get him in and out of the boat, and if anything ever happened (heaven forbid!) I want to know that he will be able to be found before he drowned or something. I am not one of those people that tries hard to make my dog look like a sissy but I really do worry that something could happen and it's better to be prepared than not! :)

On another note, I have been taking Levi to agility classes for the past month or so. We finished one session and signed up for another. It is a lot of fun and a good chance to exercise obedience mixed with some fun for the dog! At our last class Levi was the veteran dog (nobody showed up or they hadn't been before, or in once case, a new dog came in place of an injured one). So we got to do our rounds off leash, and it just takes my breath away to watch these dogs perform. They will do anything to please their master. Furthermore, it always touches me when I look down into Levi's eyes while we are training and he just seems so ALIVE and energetic. This isn't for show, but for play, so we can really have a good amount of fun with it. I would recommend this for anyone that wants to do training with their dog, but no more obedience. It does require patience, but it is worth it!

Well, I appreciate your reading this, I am sorry it's so short (and late)! I hope you all are having a wonderful summer with your pets! :)