Well Blue made it possible for us to go tricker treating with the Lambert's! The last time Erik had gone tricker treating was when he was about 2 years old. I tethered Erik to Blue and off we went! Blue did awesome! I was so proud of him! Erik was flopping on the ground and pulling on him but he handled it like a champ and laid down when I told him down and everything! He also did a good job at trying to ignore other dogs that were out and about!The boys got to play outside at the Lamberts and they both LOVED it! Erik and Blue both enjoy have friends to romp around with! We ate pizza then it was time to get everyone ready! Erik was a farmer and he was so stinking cute!!! Kelly (Carter's mom) loaned us a pair of overalls and boots! I added a flannel shirt, bandanna to the back pocket and a camo ball cap and I had the cutest farmer ever! Erik hasn't worn boots in a very long time! When I put them on him he held up his foot to me and said AHHHH! I told him he had to wear them and he kept yelling at me! I finally won the battle after putting them back on 5 or 6 times but it was worth it! Justice was a solider and he won the battle of not having to wear his new helmet but instead wore a soft Marine lid with face paint! Riley was a precious Fairy Princess!!!! Finn was a leopard! Mark started out as a Nun but somehow turned into Hannibal Lector and Ricky did the opposite! Laura was a solider as well! I decided to find my overalls and go as a farmer with Erik! I put my hair in pig tails, no easy feat when you have short hair! We had such a good time! Laura said that this trip was the longest tricker treating trip that Justice has ever lasted and they got to be the first to take Erik on an official trip! We are already planning next years!
We had another amazingly successful track with Blue! It about kicked my butt! I have a horrible cold and am hacking my brains out so at the end of the quarter mile track I thought I was going to die but Blue did it! I was frustrated at first because as soon as we got outside and I had Blue hyped and hooked up he took a dive for his throw toy! I told him to leave it, he wouldn't! I finally grabbed the thing saying multiple curse words which made Blue sit and look at me with his lil ears down and the "Oh Crap, I'm Sorry" look and I told him to track again and off he went! This dog has an amazing nose! I was so proud of him! It was an extremely long track, we hurdled fallen trees and went through brush, nothing else side tracked him! I felt bad about the toy because he had been with me all day long and no play time! So I can't blame him for wanting to play, but as soon as he knew that I meant business and that we were tracking he was totally cool with playing the Tracking Game instead of his throw toy!
