30.06.12

morning run:
Posey
Truman
Chester
Archie
Ernie
Rufus
Molly
Jack
(8)

Hidden trail: ~8k. They were hellions getting out of the gate; I had Molly on the hook and didn't end up putting Rufus on once, though I planned to initially. They had calmed down substantially by the time we got to the shrimpery corner and were good from then on. I let Molly off the hook before we got to the swimming hole and she was off for about half the run - all the way until we were back on the cut-over coming home, because she darted off on a little detour to check out the main road. I put Chester on for a few hundred meters on the beach because he was just too far ahead and intent on chasing pelicans. I put Rufus on the other end of the leash and strung it through Posey's collar to fit three on just before we got onto the trail home; I didn't want any shenanigans and Posey is usually the one who gets Truman interested in running north when we get home. We walked briskly down the trail and everyone stayed with me.
GRADE: A

morning walk:
Zasu
Miles
Henry
Tito
Lucy
Blue
Eve
Tuesday
(8)

Roni took this group out for a walk around the cow pasture the long way. Miles was so irritating with his dawdling that she had to yell at him several times. Eve is a good girl but yelling of any makes her paranoid and so when Roni had gotten to the farthest point on the walk and was exasperated with Miles for being such a little jerk Eve took off home back the way they had come. It's almost exactly the same distance home from there whichever way you go so Roni turned around and effectively chased Eve home; the bugs were terrible and all that dawdling doesn't help. Tuesday was on the leash the entire way and pulled far too much. Henry, Tito, Lucy and Blue are always angels on walks and Zasu is a real trooper and mom's first officer. Without Miles it would've been a fun walk; with him it was frustrating but okay.
GRADE: B

morning swim:
Greta
(1)

Such a good girl and such a strong swimmer.
GRADE: A

afternoon swims:
Amber
Zoot
(2)

The ocean was still calm in the middle of the afternoon so Roni took a couple of the tribe out swimming, one at a time. Amber was hilarious and enthusiastic: she hardly came out of the water for a full 20min, swimming out to get Roni repeatedly. Zoot was less sure of himself and only swam out to get Roni once before wanting to come back in the yard.
GRADE: A