Saturday with the Lamberts!

What we have learned from Blue: Do not gently toss the Kong after you put peanut butter inside! It gets very messy!

We had an amazing day today! We went over to Laura, Mark, Ricky, Justice, Zorro, Riley and Finn's house! Zorro and Blue got to play outside all day and wore each other out! They were so funny, they would both try to get one of the large squeaky tennis balls and both be holding onto it at the same time! For those of you who know Zorro, I actually saw him running around and active!

We had a rough Friday and I called Jeremy, I was very frustrated! Blue was not listening at all and when I put him in a down for the children at Erik's school to come up and pet him, he would roll over on his back and kick his paws in the air! He almost kicked a kid in the face! Jeremy told me it is going to be extremely important for Blue to get his puppy energy out! So we are trying to figure out a way to afford a fence! I brought him home Friday morning and hooked him up to the 100ft leash and wore him out! We played for almost an hour and the leash worked perfectly! I can throw one of Blue's toys a little over 100ft, don't ask how I know that :)

We have done a few more tracks, the second one I messed up! I did everything Jeremy told us not to do. I had a friend of ours go and hide with Erik in the woods! As soon as Blue and I got outside and I started pepping him up and hooking him to his lead, the bottom falls out of the sky and we are getting soaked! Blue took a few minutes to get going he kept going around me in circles! Then he finally started out and was on the scent! Then we got to a point and he lost it and was circling! He started slightly pulling me in one direction, well the direction he was pulling me was straight towards my mom's dogs! I took a few steps in the direction I though Erik had gone and I started arcing Blue again and he pulled back the direction towards the other dogs! I kept confusing him, he finally stopped and looked at me, I pepped him back up and convinced him to go in the direction I wanted him to go! He did make it too Erik but they had gone a completely different direction! So when Jeremy tells you that you will cheat on tracks, he is sooo right! I learned a really good lesson, trust my dog!

We did a track today at Laura's! Mark went with me to see a track and Laura hid with Erik! I started Blue out and he went directly where Erik had gone, but with the direction of the wind we overshot the exact path! When we got to the other side of these rocks, Blue lost the scent! I just let him work it out and he went in a few different directions but never pulled me! I got him restarted once, then he ran up through some bushes and hit the scent, then he was on it! You could honestly tell when Blue was on the scent! It was amazing the difference! Mark even noticed when Blue hit it, and this was his first time seeing a track! Way to go Blue! He knows exactly what he needs to do! I have to keep practicing!

Well hope all of ya'll are having a great weekend! Will keep you posted on Erik and Blue! Hugs and Puppy Kisses!