15.02.13

morning run:
Truman
Rita
Eve
Rufus
Lily
Jack
Daisy
Steve McQueen
(8)

Northern loop: ~7k. We ended up doing the loop around the swimming hole but that was not my plan; I cut the run short at the turn onto the bag end land bridge because Steve McQueen was freaked out and decided to bolt for home. This happened because Rufus scared the crap out of him ~100m earlier at the intersection of the palapa road and the Au Soleil Couchant road. We stopped there for water and to collect everyone. Back where the Au Soleil Couchant road splits we ran into someone on a moto and Lily and Steve both barked at him. This was the second time this had happened and I felt I should put Steve, at least, on the leash, both because he had been barking and because he needed a refresher. I had just let Rufus off the leash a while before; he was really fired up leaving this morning. When I went to put Steve on the hook he wigged out a little; Rufus reacted to this by harassing him and this let to Steve freaking out even more and getting his paw stuck in a loop in the leash by accident, causing an even more violent reaction from Steve. I finally calmed him down and took the hook off since it was doing absolutely no good but by then he was really unhappy. I put Rufus back on the leash immediately and he stayed on for the rest of the way home. Steve sort of stayed with us for a bit but then obviously wanted to go home and took off ahead of us. At this point I was sick of this nonsense and wanted to go home as well, so from that point on we were chasing Steve home. I put Lily on the other end of the leash with Rufus as we got near the jeep berm because she had barked at every single person we had seen and also needed some discipline. Steve ended up getting home a full minute before us and we hauled ass. Eve also misbehaved by rolling in that filth on the Au Soleil Couchant road; I told her not to, she ignored me and I had to go over and physically push her off of it and yell at her to get her to stop. All in all not a great run, although everyone else was pretty good. The older dogs need to be better, especially Rufus; it makes it hard to work with the younger dogs when the older ones cause problems.
GRADE: B

evening walk:
Zasu
Miles
(2)

Roni took our two oldest dogs out for a spin in the monte at dusk during doggie.dinner. Zasu was happy enough to go along but it was mainly for Miles' benefit. When Roni turned to head back home Zasu immediately picked up the pace and had them all running to get home before ALL THE FOOD IS GONE MOM! That's our girl.
GRADE: A