04.06.12

morning run:
Ginger
Truman
Chester
Archie
Rufus
Ernie
Jack
Daisy
(8)

Hidden trail: ~8k. Ernie, Rufus and Truman were really noisy and difficult getting out of the gate; we left with Rufus on the hook and Roni got the gate behind me so we could just go. Once on the road everyone calmed down quickly and were good the rest of the way. At one point after we had turned east onto the Au Soleil Couchant road two motos came trundling up from the west and passed through us; everyone did exactly what they were supposed to do: no barking, no chasing, nobody was on the hook, they obeyed my spoken commands and stayed with me until the motos were far enough ahead. There were two cement trucks and a huge pump/crane parked near the house when we got home for this new construction to the north; Ginger and Chester (surprisingly) ran around a little checking it out but were quickly rounded up.
GRADE: A