30.07.16

morning run:
Truman
Frijolita
Elewah
Luna
Xmul
Steve McQueen
Murci
Cookie
Zoila
Tupo
(10)

Au Soleil Couchant and north: 7k. Zoila can be a handfull but the rest of this group was stellar, even Elewah. We ran all the way to Au Soleil Couchant via the monte for a change; I wanted to check out the state of salt-worker activity on that route and also give Zoila some running time in the monte because I don't let her off the leash on the beach yet... maybe soon, but she's still a bit too wild. We hit the beach at ASC, headed north quite a way and came home via the tortuga sign. The big news (for me) on this run was: Tupo swam! Of his own accord, no less. He's been playing more and more in the surf with his buddies on runs and today he just threw himself in all the way. It was only once, but he's never done anything like that before. Pretty cool. A salt worker (Mosco, someone I happen to know) was working alone in the charco nearest to the road and that was all it took for Zoila to freak out and pitch a fit; she's always on a harness, at least, but I still had to literally reel her in like a fish, pick her up and carry her past him even though he was at least 10m. She's a sweetie and very smart but needs more leash time and experience on the road to get over The Fear. Elewah did her now-usual dash to the beach as we were getting home. As it turns out she dragged Luna and Tupo with her, there actually were people swimming nearby and they had a dog with them that was on the shore. Elewah, Luna and Tupo were perfectly friendly to the other dog, who was a little put off by so many other dogs appearing at once, and I just hooked Luna up and talked the other two back to the gate, no worries. Elewah will probably always do that but it's a tiny vestige of her former attitude when she was still mostly wild. All in all a nice, fast, hard run.
GRADE: A