Everything did cooperate today. The weather was cool but clear, my ankle doesn't hurt, and I was only slightly exhausted this morning so I attempted a run. I say attempted because it really turned into a walk with lots of leash training. For some reason, I had magically expected Auggie to be able to run with me while on a leash and it would all go swimmingly.
Dumbest thought of the day.
Auggie has never really had any leash training at all. While we took multiple classes with Scout for training, Tyler and I never have done that with Auggie. He's much less stubborn and listens/learns so we didn't see the point. Today was the first time I think we should have done it anyway. Auggie does surprisingly well if he's walking on the leash.....when there's no one else around. If there is another person or animal in eyesight, then all bets are off and there's 60 lbs. of fluff trying to yank your arm out of it's socket. (thankfully mine is still intact. I can make myself heavy when I want to too!)
Second dumbest thought of the day: It'll be fine if Tyler and Scout go running with us.
My "run" was really about 2 minutes of running and fighting with Auggie jumping at me or trying to get to Tyler and Scout followed by another 20 minutes of walking in the opposite direction wile listening to puppy whines. It seriously sounded like he thought he'd never see them again. I'll give the Aug Pog credit, he did pick up leash walking quickly and was very good until we met back up with the rest of the family.
What we've learned from this experience: only one dog running at a time now. Unless it's Auggie.....then it might just be walking. Or slap the training collar on him and let him run in front of me.
The victory today was just getting out there. Not the one I was hoping for, but much better than nothing!
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