Part 1 of the education of Groot was meeting the pack, which he did quite well. He still has a few rough edges, like all of them, but it's nothing our dogs can't handle. He's not bad, he's just young, energetic, and doesn't know any better. He's a teenager. He's been staying in the dog yard during the day and in the shed at night. He barks for about 10 minutes after I close him in there (with Max), but then settles down for the night. He's not ready for indoors because he's not ready to be crated. I've been closing him in a big crate in the shed to eat. The first time he just went nuts, spilled all his food and missed a meal. The next time he ate first and then went nuts. That's puppy progress.
Today I decided to take him out for one of my hikes. I put an Easy Walk harness on him and two leashes, one on his collar and one on his harness. He had been kept tied up outside before being dumped at the shelter, but he has obviously never been walked on a leash. |
| At Sparky's watering hole |
I didn't really try to train him, I have my own agenda out there and I just keep moving forward, pulling him or running into him depending on where he was at any given moment. He will figure it out eventually, my arms got some exercise, and he had a good time anyway.
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| He's a good looking dog, whatever went into the mix. |
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| You can see here that his nose and face are rather square or blocky. Not a pure bred shepherd, but I'm not sure what else is in there. |
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| I kept trying to get one of those "knowing and noble" shepherd looks, this was as close as I got. |
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| He looks very shepherdy in this view of the body from the rear. |
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| A very shepherd look here. |
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| Today's route, 5.03 miles |
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