A Big Day

Although this may not be a big deal for most people Cassius and I had a "moment" today while training. I have been working with him a lot this fall to prepare him for competition obedience trials. Cassius has had a pretty bad attitude about the whole thing for the most part and acts like I probably did when I was a teenager when my parents told me to do something. He does what I asked him to do but has done it so sloooowly that in his own way he gives me the paw. But today was different. We were working on the come command. I placed him in a sit stay in front of our neighbors house and then walked to our driveway, turned around and paused and then said, "Cassius come." In the past Cassius has sloooooooowly walked toward me with his head down or just wandered into the grass, but today he came RUNNING towards me and sat directly in front of me. I flipped out! I was so happy I didn't know what to do. Again, this probably doesn't mean anything to your average every day person, but for me it meant that we have accomplished something and he is finally getting a better attitude about training and working with me. I repeated the sequence and he continued to succeed.
Beck had a great day today too. She and I went to St. Als for the pet therapy program. She wore her new fire fighter bandanna and even demonstrated a trick that is a work in progress (stop, drop, and roll). She is still kind of a spazz, but with time she will settle down.
It was kind of a dog day today. This morning Mike and I walked to the Frisby's house and picked up Dre for some time at the park. Cassius played his own game of frisbee while Beck and Dre took turns chasing down the tennis ball.
Mike worked a lot in the yard today and is close to completing the installation of our new garage door.