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Puppies at the School Yard and the Beach!
The puppies are enjoying their field trips! Yesterday we went to a schoolyard and it was quite tricky handling five puppies on leashes! They kept tangling up with each other and my feet! We finally worked our way over to the fenced in field where I let them all race around. We practiced whistle training where I blow the whistle and the puppies’ race back to me for tasty liver treats! They did great at this, turning practically on a dime and then with such happy looks racing back to me! One passerby said that it looked really impressive! Anastasia escaped out one gate but came running with the other puppies when I whistled.
We had a lady who came out to the field to meet the puppies and she had left her dog in the car, who squeezed out the sunroof and came to meet the puppies too! She reassured me he was friendly and the puppies were quite interested in meeting this new doggy friend! I am always a bit leery of strange dogs around my puppies! After we finished with the whistle training I put them all back into the car so we could practice individual leash work. All the puppies did great and a couple commented how good they were!
After that, we drove through some busy traffic with the windows cracked so they could get use to all the noise, then we sat in a busy parking lot and watched people and cars go by. Then we went through the McDonald’s drive thru (I am addicted to their oatmeal cookies) where they all woofed at the MD lady who of course gushed how cute all the puppies were!
Today we took the puppies to the beach at Allyn Park http://www.visitkitsap.com/cities.asp?I
We first walked down the dock, which is quite long. They sampled bits of shells, Seagull poop, and Seagull feathers. The girls were making all the ohh gross noises and using the “Leave It” command! The puppies were fascinated with the Seagulls on the rails and they loved to stick their heads out the rails and look out over the water!
At the end of the dock, we headed down the big ramp to the floating docks, which were right on the water! If we had not kept a tight hold on the puppies we are convinced they would have dove in especially Jasper! We had to keep a special eye on him, as he was quite interested in going over the edge and diving in!
After the docks, we did go on the beach and let them play on the edges of the water. Not one hesitated, they all dove in and played in the water. Jasper would have headed right out and gone swimming if his leash had been long enough! They woofed at the seagulls on the beach and they sniffed and sampled every thing they could find From there we walked up the boat launch ramp which at the bottom was all mossy and we all were slipping and sliding! We walked up to the park area in the grassy area and took turns playing on the big rock. A big green growling machine-spitting cut grass went by and the puppies all woofed at it! The guy on top laughed at all the puppies! We went into the huge gazebo and the growling machine went by on the outside and the puppies all woofed again, but their woofs all echoed and they all stopped barking and looked around. It was funny, as they did not bark again after that.
From there we went to the kids’ play area, which was fenced in, and we let them run around there for a while and then we packed it up to head home!
I did take pictures of our day at the beach …
Walking down the Dock
Dugan looking out
This one just cracked me up!! Naughty Weston being a typical boy!!
Out on the Floating Docks
Ramp down to the docks
Jasper on the railing
Jasper ready to dive in, you can see how tight the leash is!
Tangled up in the puppies!
A memorable moment with Dugan
Puppies going back up the ramp
Out on the Beach and into the Water!
Puppy Paw Prints in the Sand!
Hermit Crab circles
Mossy Boat Launch Ramp!
Out in the Park Area!
Jasper on the Rock!
Darwin on the Rock!
Anastasia in the trees!
Weston on the Rock!
Dugan on the Rock!
Anastasia on the Rock!
Puppies all running to me when playing in the play area!
The puppies are enjoying their field trips! Yesterday we went to a schoolyard and it was quite tricky handling five puppies on leashes! They kept tangling up with each other and my feet! We finally worked our way over to the fenced in field where I let them all race around. We practiced whistle training where I blow the whistle and the puppies’ race back to me for tasty liver treats! They did great at this, turning practically on a dime and then with such happy looks racing back to me! One passerby said that it looked really impressive! Anastasia escaped out one gate but came running with the other puppies when I whistled.
We had a lady who came out to the field to meet the puppies and she had left her dog in the car, who squeezed out the sunroof and came to meet the puppies too! She reassured me he was friendly and the puppies were quite interested in meeting this new doggy friend! I am always a bit leery of strange dogs around my puppies! After we finished with the whistle training I put them all back into the car so we could practice individual leash work. All the puppies did great and a couple commented how good they were!
After that, we drove through some busy traffic with the windows cracked so they could get use to all the noise, then we sat in a busy parking lot and watched people and cars go by. Then we went through the McDonald’s drive thru (I am addicted to their oatmeal cookies) where they all woofed at the MD lady who of course gushed how cute all the puppies were!
Today we took the puppies to the beach at Allyn Park http://www.visitkitsap.com/cities.asp?I
We first walked down the dock, which is quite long. They sampled bits of shells, Seagull poop, and Seagull feathers. The girls were making all the ohh gross noises and using the “Leave It” command! The puppies were fascinated with the Seagulls on the rails and they loved to stick their heads out the rails and look out over the water!
At the end of the dock, we headed down the big ramp to the floating docks, which were right on the water! If we had not kept a tight hold on the puppies we are convinced they would have dove in especially Jasper! We had to keep a special eye on him, as he was quite interested in going over the edge and diving in!
After the docks, we did go on the beach and let them play on the edges of the water. Not one hesitated, they all dove in and played in the water. Jasper would have headed right out and gone swimming if his leash had been long enough! They woofed at the seagulls on the beach and they sniffed and sampled every thing they could find From there we walked up the boat launch ramp which at the bottom was all mossy and we all were slipping and sliding! We walked up to the park area in the grassy area and took turns playing on the big rock. A big green growling machine-spitting cut grass went by and the puppies all woofed at it! The guy on top laughed at all the puppies! We went into the huge gazebo and the growling machine went by on the outside and the puppies all woofed again, but their woofs all echoed and they all stopped barking and looked around. It was funny, as they did not bark again after that.
From there we went to the kids’ play area, which was fenced in, and we let them run around there for a while and then we packed it up to head home!
I did take pictures of our day at the beach …
Walking down the Dock
Dugan looking out
This one just cracked me up!! Naughty Weston being a typical boy!!
Out on the Floating Docks
Ramp down to the docks
Jasper on the railing
Jasper ready to dive in, you can see how tight the leash is!
Tangled up in the puppies!
A memorable moment with Dugan
Puppies going back up the ramp
Out on the Beach and into the Water!
Puppy Paw Prints in the Sand!
Hermit Crab circles
Mossy Boat Launch Ramp!
Out in the Park Area!
Jasper on the Rock!
Darwin on the Rock!
Anastasia in the trees!
Weston on the Rock!
Dugan on the Rock!
Anastasia on the Rock!
Puppies all running to me when playing in the play area!
