Mary Ray

Last night I went to a talk by some dogs who explained that it is possible to get people to give you food just by allowing them to click a little button. Unfortunately it's necessary to do a little trick each time you want the to give you some food - makes them feel like they are getting something worthwhile out of it. The talk by these dogs raised money for my friends at Canine Partners, so I'm happy about that.

Apparently the person used for the talk was someone called Mary Ray - she's quite famous in the dog training world because she's so easy to train - lots and lots of dogs have trained her over the years.

Here's me listening to what one of the dogs had to say. I heard that they can't play music when Mary is around because she starts dancing and expects any dog nearby to join in.

It did seem that a trick the dogs liked to do a lot was making Mary watch them walk backwards.

Another nice day for a river walk by the river

It was very warm today, so I took Mum and Dad down to the river for a nice walk. For some reason they just don't want to come in the water for a play, but I think they like it when I help them cool off by shaking water over them.

Stewartby Lake

It was a pretty nice day this morning, so I took Man & Dad to a place called Marston Mortaine for a run round Stewartby Lake. As usual, Dad insisted that he drives; he must think my little puppy legs are too short to reach those peddle things in the car - doesn't he realise that the seat can be moved nearer the steering thingy - Mum does this when she gets a turn to drive, so surely it would work for me.

The lake was nice and cool - plus as an added bonus, none of the silly men who sit throwing the same stick at the water again and again - for some reason they don't like it when puppy girls want to join in with their game.

Any hows, my little puppy girl legs are much faster than Mum and Dad's can go, so I let them bring things called folding bikes with them, so they could keep up. I did allow them to rest a few times when I had a little paddle in the water.