bahahahahaha.... that's my first thought and I did spend quite a bit of time on this early Saturday morning laughing. I learned something new too: I am not sure who loves tennis balls more, Jay or Hawk.
Hawk & Turk - let me start with last night's visit. They were fine when I arrived. They barked but they LOVE treats. :) I made them each sit and gave them one. The walk was uneventful (I did walk them together) but wow, Turk was really pulling. Turk didn't really want to walk at a heel. Bless Hawk's heart, every time I said "heel" (which was fairly frequently), he stopped in his tracks and walked at a heel. Turk on the other hand required a correction as well, but not Hawk. He was really good! We didn't see anyone or any dogs while we were out. This morning I took your suggestion and just played in the backyard. They were HIGH-larious running after the ball. They are also used to someone (their dad) who can obviously throw the ball further than me! I laughed a lot watching them try to find the ball as they'd run out lots further than I ever threw it!! **See next post about Lesson Learned #31**
Jay playing soccer (Click the link to watch a short video of Jay.)
Jay and Chloe - because I know you read the blog, Hawk and Turk are fairly new clients. I've pet sat for Turk a couple of times but never Hawk because he is young and his parents prefer that he stay with a friend who is home all the time while they are away. (i.e. they're not quite sure they can trust him home alone for long periods of time so we are testing it out this weekend.) What I have learned in my 2 visits with Hawk, he LOVES the tennis ball as much as Jay does! Seriously... he's crazy for the ball and if you read Lesson Learned #31, thank you for this realization! I've been tossing the ball for Jay. I still manage to hit a few trees but not like before! Jay is gobbling up all of her food and she even tried to eat Chloe's as I was leaving this morning. (She probably did after I left!) Chloe is doing well too. I rubbed on her this morning, fed her and scooped her box.
I'm trying to post a short video of Jay playing with her ball. Fingers crossed that this works!
