We have, quite literally, had more rain this year then ever. Period. After it had finally stopped raining for a week, I took the dogs down to the hike & bike trail (this was after about 2 solid weeks of rain).
See how the trail ends in water above? Well, it doesn’t usually. In fact, usually we walk right under that bridge. There’s a bench not too far on the other side that we sometimes take a break at. Not today; the trail is closed at that section.
Usually these ducks & swans are hanging out at the rocks by the side of the trail, waiting for a handout. Oops, there’s no rocks! and no trail!
Ma, why can’t I go get those swans?
We went again today, and those areas of the trail are still under water. Plus it’s supposed to rain, on and off, all week long.
Lola is really coming along on her loose leash training, though. I am now mostly able to simply walk her by other dogs, when they are on the other side of us. I do have to remind her to “walk” and “leave it”, and I have to always be on the alert for other dogs. But even a month ago we couldn’t do that.
She did get growly when a dog came up from behind us, and then again when there was one in front of us while we had to wait for the light to change (because of the flooding, we have to detour and cross a street to get back to the trail).
So she’s almost okay with dogs several feet away now. Doesn’t sound like much, but for her, it’s huge progress.
Lola, after all this time, can still be so unsure of things. Whenever she’s laying on the couch and I walk into the room, she puts her head on the arm, as if to ask, “is this okay?”.
She’s also taken to laying on the bed beneath the utility cart. So now when I can’t find her, I know to look for her there. However, I haven’t been able to get any photos of her there, because the minute she realizes I know she’s there, she comes out. As if she thinks she’s done something wrong. When I bought that bed for the dogs in the first place!
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