20.02.12

morning run:
Gowron
Monkey
Zoot
Mega
Lex
Petey
Steve McQueen
Amber
(8)

Hidden trail: ~8k. The tribe really are a fun group; PupG and Monkey set such a good example for them that they've never learned to do anything bad. We took the land bridge, the ridge and the cut-over on the way out, but went the long way along the parallel access road instead of going to the swimming hole. We ran into Nicole, Xmul and the two terriers on the beach between where the hidden trail dumps us and Au Soleil Couchant. Since Xmul is such good buddies with all of the dogs I had with me I decided to just keep going and not stress too much; the tribe ran forward when they saw her and they barked some at everyone but I put myself high up on the east side of the beach and yelled for them and they separated themselves fairly quickly. We went back into the monte at Au Soleil Couchant and went home via the alternate land bridge. When we got there I didn't see any salt workers but as we rounded the first bend there was someone coming out of the bushes and their co-workers were just up the road; they all jumped up onto their salt pile and then laughed at their reaction to my obviously benign group of dogs. There was a little barking but no aggression - PupG and Monkey are both perfect around people.
GRADE: A

walk:
Bosha
Linda
(2)

Finally managed to get Bosha out on a walk where she didn't escape from the leash and bolt for Kikis' house on the beach - having Linda along helped a little, and she was an angel. We just walked down to the shrimpery and sniffed around a bit, then jogged a little on the way home. I'm fairly sure Bosha would be okay on a walk on the leash with other people now, but I really hope Kikis can come for her sometime soon. She'd much rather be with Kikis. Still, nice that she finally trusts us enough to go out and come back not under duress.
GRADE: A