12.01.16

morning run:
George
Shirley
Otto
Rufus
Jack
Frankie
Daisy
Hazel
(8)

Just past Au Soliel Couchant: ~5k. Getting out of the gate was hell: Rufus was incredibly wound up and I had too many dogs in the mix to start with. I wanted Zoila to go but there was too much chaos, and I ended up kicking PupG out of the mix to bring the energy level down. We finally made it out of there with only Rufus on the leash; I let him off at the base of the blue.bag trail. We ran into Marie, Nicole, Xmul and their gang on the beach right at the tortuga sign; it caught me by surprise. Shirley was the only one who was really interested - she was fascinated by their terriers, Mel and Rudolph. I had to get her on the leash in the surf before I could start north, and everyone else just followed after an extended hello with Xmul (who was on a leash). Once we were going everything was fine with this group and they listened well and had fun.
GRADE: B (can't be an A, that start was awful)

morning walk:
PupG
Amber
Zoot
(3)

Roni took this trio out for a brisk walk around the cow pasture. She left with Amber on the leash, let her off and then got her back on coming home and she was good through all of it. Amber is one of those dogs that really takes comfort in being on the leash sometimes. Zoot was a little less manic without so many other influences. PupG is always an angel and she had a good time.
GRADE: A

mid-day walk:
Tito
Monkey
Linda
Coco
(4)

Some days are good for walks and some are not. Today was overcast and reasonably cool so Roni took advantage of it. It turned out to be pretty hot even under the cloud-cover, and the bugs were worse this time than on the first walk because the pace was slower. Nonetheless everyone had a great time, including Coco who did well on and off the leash on her first real walk. Roni carried her for the first little bit but then she was fine. She came home on the leash and was a good girl. Monkey and Linda are both good influences; Linda left on the leash and was good both on and off. Good girl Coco!
GRADE: A