Trained too well
Sometimes I wish I hadn’t trained Aagje as well as I did.
During my lunch today (I’m working from home) I decided to mow the front lawn. Aagje noticed me getting my jacket and she misinterpreted it as “we’re going for a walk!”. So she got all excited and I told her to go lie down on her spot.
Mowing the lawn took me less than half an hour and afterwards I went back to work. About 5 minutes ago I heard her whine. When I looked around she was still on her mat, just like I told her. She apparently was very thirsty, because as soon as I told her she was allowed to get up, she ran to her water and started drinking for a minute straight.
I mowed the lawn two hours ago.
Rescue Dog Training
Sunday May 31st, Aagje and I joined my dad with Daantje to the training for rescue dogs. Although Aagje was a little bit nervous, she did quite well. The next Wednesday we went again and she actually impressed the trainer (“you should’ve started years ago”). She likes doing it and she’s already very good at the basic steps. We’re still a long way away from actually being able to rescue people, of course, but still, I’m glad that we’re having such a good start.
We’re training with the Limburgse Reddingshonden Brigade and I hope to be able to take the SIN exam in about a year. Or 18 months. I don’t know, we’ll have to see how well Aagje keeps doing this. But I’m very excited and Aagje is having a lot of fun, which is the most important, of course.
