02.05.11

morning run:
Bette
Gracie
Blue
Osita
Frijolita
Rita
Elewah
Floyd
(8)

Land bridge to the terreno federal serpentine, the shire north, the Au Soleil Couchant road down to the beach, back into the monte at the maginot line and home: ~8k. At the three-way where the road out of the shire meets the Au Soleil Couchant road, a moto was stopped and took off west when we were still ~30m away. I verbally kept Elewah from giving chase until I thought the moto was far enough away, but Elewah disagreed and took off after it when it was already ~100m down the road, dragging Gracie, Osita and Frijolita with her. As everyone was hot and tired from the humidity, I sat down under a bush with the four who didn't take off and made the run-aways come all the way back before we continued - not happy with them. I think Elewah is the only one who came close to catching the moto, and she didn't bark at it, she just wanted to see if she could catch it... still not good, but no harm no foul. The rest of the trip was uneventful. Elewah did her now-usual sniff-around-Gary's-block routine and was at the gate ~5min after we were in.
GRADE: B

pup beach run:
Chester
Gowron
Daisy
Twiggy
Mo
Una
Xmul
(7)

Xmul is becoming a bit of a problem - she is willful and frequently wants to leave us and do her own thing. This ended up with me carrying her most of the way home from the tortuga sign (~2k), and she is getting heavy. She needs a collar and some leash-time. Everyone else were angels. They jump in the water when I do, listen well and always stay with me, especially Daisy. PupG was a water-dog, and might've swum the majority of the way, I'm not sure.
GRADE: C