I GAVE SINATRA A BATH TODAY! Gosh, was he dirty. The water just ran yellow the entire time. As you can see from the picture, he did not enjoy the experience, but he was very cooperative (and he wasn’t that stressed because he continued taking the cheese I offered him the whole time). He loved being towel dried. He nuzzled his head right into the towel while I rubbed him down. After the bath, he did some zooming around with his butt down. I love that.
Before his bath, we went for a 20-minute walk. We did lots of sits and comes on the street and both were great. He balked a bit when we had to walk down an extended stretch (probably 150’) of street that was being repaved. It was really loud and smelly. He sits well on concrete, but still not so well elsewhere.
When we got back from our walk, we worked obedience in the lobby. His eye contact is excellent and he came back to me immediately after checking out a dog that was coming through the lobby. We officially started working on stay today. Sit-stays are HARD, since he slides around. So, we’re working harder on down-stays right now. I’d just like him to begin grasping the concept of stay.
He can be a little mouthy with other people, though not really with me. And his mouthing is VERY gentle, almost like he doesn’t even put his mouth on you, but just does the open mouth motion. He’s also taken to trying to climb in everyone’s lap and he does so in such a gentle way that no one is turning him away (I am, but it is SO hard).
Tomorrow, Sinatra will have his adoption pictures photo shoot with Laura Witherow – www.laruawitherow.com (who does fabulous work). Linda asked me to work on a bio for him, but I don’t even know where to begin.
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