Flood!

This past week there was a terrible flood where we live. Fortunately we live so far in the middle of nowhere that we were not effected by the major river floods. We were cut off from the rest of the world because of all the little streams and creeks flooding so I didn't get to go to puppy class this past week.

 Mom and I held our own puppy class, where I worked really hard on my self control around dog food. First Mom started out with some easy stuff. She put some kibble on the shelf of a bookcase. Then she moved in down one shelf, once she found that to be too easy for me Mom upped her game. Next there was a pile of kibble on the floor. I had to leave that pile alone while we did some loose leash walking without the leash! That too was pretty easy. Next came a down stay across the room with recalls past the pile of kibble. Again I rocked it like a rock star! Mom then thought she would try dropping food next to me while I stayed in a down. This was a little tricky! I wanted to get that food so badly but I never got up, I just looked like I was going to. After some practice Mom moved to some harder stuff. She tried THROWING the kibble at me! How dare she! It was too hard and I moved every time. To end our training session Mom went back to some easier stuff, she always ends on a happy note. Again I was put in a down stay and each time Mom walked away she put kibble in different stops of the room. She then called me, and guess what I ignored the food! Mom tried pushing it to me to let me have it but I would not eat it. Mom then picked it up and dropped in on the floor as a big jackpot for being such a good boy!

After all the rain stopped I went outside to play in the giant puddle in my backyard! It was awesome, I love to play in water (unless its a bath). I quickly noticed that there was water bubbling up from the ground! This freaked me out at first so I barked at it. Later I was curious on where this water was coming from and well you can see what happened:



Mom wasn't too happy that I was all muddy and that I got my big sister Burnaby muddy too! Its Burns fault for standing behind me.

In other news I have outgrown the other puppy harness! Also Mom has been weening me off of my special diet, as a puppy I was always sick to my stomach and had to eat special food. So far I have been doing great on normal dog food.