18th - 24th May 2009

So I think we have established that I am finding daily updates to much to cope with.... So part of my work life balance (as work keep telling us we should have). I thought I would give weekly updates a go. Also so that I am not spending all my time in front of the computer!

This week, we have been for a big long walk in the woods.. Tre managed to stand in an ants nest, and funnily enough they were not best pleased. Tre had picked up a few angry ants that were biting his feet... So he was not pleased either! We brushed his feet down with some leaves and carried on...

We have been trying our best to vary the route we take him on so that he keeps checking with us the route, and so that we don't get to stuck in the mud just going round the block!

We have been going round some corn fields as well! They are getting a little high now, so can hardly see Tre if he decides to take a little detour... With one of us on the end of the lead and one of us hiding he has been keen to play hide and seek... So that is reassuring for us!

We have had Tre on a harness, as he was pulling quite a bit to start with... This week I thought I would try back on a normal lead, as he has been good, and he is not keen on the harness. We were only going a couple of hundred yards to a friends, short journey, give it a go I thought... Well we are back on the harness again, I can't be expecting too much too soon... I mean he has been doing so well just over these few weeks. My silly high expectations!

Yesterday in the garden we were playing find the treats.... I need to get this on film as it is soo sweet. One of us holds on to Tre so that he can not see where the treats are being hidden (under small cones) the he goes to seek them out. The cones addmittedly do have holes in the top! He will sniff round and when he finds a treat carflly lift it off put it down close by and gobble the treat... It was just so nice how carefullly he did it. We then repeated the process but with a sock! he got the other sock to sniff... when he found the sock we had lots of treats and cuddles! He successfully did this twice with Ian and once with me..

Last night we decided to errect the tent in the back garden... lets see how we are with camping!
Apart from getting a little excited about a couple of other doggies living nearby making some noise, we were fine. Once we had zipped up the bedroom and Tre had his bed near our heads we sleep well! Hopefully this also gave Smokey (the cat) a little bit of peace and quiet for a night as well!