Fun and Games When Your Dog Is Hurt
Posted in Clicker, Injury, Nail trimming, Peanut butter manicure, Reward-based training, Tennis ball, Touch, games on Aug 16th, 2010
“Are you r-e-a-dy?” I sing to Sadie. She lowers her haunches into an anticipatory, quivering sit. I fling her yellow tennis ball into the shallow lake. Charging full tilt, Sadie splashes after it. She is focused, confident, and ecstatic. My heart balloons with delight. Then Sadie stops dead in the chest high water. The yellow ball [...]
