On Sunday morning Tom and Timber walked me down to the rat bridge and back. That was about 3 miles round trip and I was a little bit tired afterward. They also practiced running with me at times on the trail to see how I would work out as a running partner. Of course I kept up with them, but they probably couldn't keep up with me. It was fun until we saw a scary looking guy jumping over the fence by the pond. I wanted to go bark at him but Tom got me back on the trail heading back home before I got a chance. Later in the day we ran errands and I got to go into Pet Club and get an engraved name tag. The name tag had my name and both Tom and Timber's phone numbers. Then we went to Timber's parents' house where I got to meet my (cousins or uncles?) Toby and Fuzzy. Toby was cautious and Fuzzy wanted to play. He kept poking me with his nose and it got really annoying. I wanted to play with him too, but Dionicio was around, so they kept me on the leash. I snapped at Fuzzy a few times to show him that he shouldn't mess wit me. That showed him! Later on in the evening, Timber's brother showed up, and he was big and scary looking. From the moment I saw him I started growling and stiffening my body. Then he came right for me and I started barking at him. All during that time Tom was holding my leash and trying to get me to not bark and not be scared of Timber's brother. But he approached me the wrong way and I felt threatened so I barked and lunged for him. When Tom realized that he couldn't calm me down he took me outside and walked me around. At one point he was stopped and talking to Timber, and then he looked down and realized that I was peeing on his foot. Hee Hee. He walked me around the back yard some more, and once I had calmed down and forgot about the stress he tried to bring me back in the house. But even when I saw Timber's brother through the sliding glass door I started barking at him again. Because of that Tom put me in my crate which was in the back of Timber's car. Then they went back inside for a few minutes to say their goodbyes and then we all went home. I was really happy to get home, and once we got everything out of the car Tom took me for my customary before bed time walk. Then it was off my bed (laying next to their bed). I'm really starting to get used to this place. :-)
Posted by troutm8 at January 30, 2006 11:25 AM