19.06.16

morning run:
Blue
Rita
Otto
Shirley
Twiggy
Luna
MoMo
Hazel
Zoila
(9)

Past Au Soleil Couchant: ~7k. Our dog.kabuki was nearly flawless this morning: I wrangled everyone but Zoila into the launchpad while Roni got her into her harness. Once the gate opens Zoila's demeanor changes completely. Her tail comes up, her ears go back and she just wants to run. Today she was so happy she yipped all the way from the gate to the road. She is happiest when hauling ass so we did a lot of that. We took the long way to the beach and ran into nobody. I left Zoila on her harness the whole way but there was a lot more slack in the leash on the beach. She had a good time swimming with everyone else and I gave her lots of opportunity to go sniff stuff and roll around in it with her running mates. We took the maginot line on the way back and Mo misbehaved a little, although it was really not a big deal. For some reason she got ahead of me cutting up off the beach onto the trail and then I had to wait for Otto and Rita to catch up, while Mo obviously continued to run. By the time the rest of us were all together on the trail and heading east Mo was nearly at the road and, and then she decided it was fun and kept running ahead, stopping briefly to make sure we were behind. I knew she would just go home but I was still irritated that she effectively ditched us without any real reason. I don't know what got into her. Everyone else was perfect on the way home and everywhere else. Nice run on a cloudy day.
GRADE: B