As planned, we've spent today pottering back to Huddlesford so that Elanor can collect her car and go home for the night, so as to go riding tomorrow. Then she's coming back to us for a further couple of nights, which will give me a chance to restock the larder by being driven to Morrisons.
It's been a funny day, weather wise, very warm and sunny, but quite windy, which made the boating a bit tricky this morning. There's been a fair amount of traffic, but the moorings here in Huddlesford were deserted again. They've filled up quite a bit now, so it must have been down to our timing.
We've been training Sally to be a quieter boat dog; she's generally very good, but has a bit of a thing about a) mallards and b) cyclists. Both have to be barked at, she reckons, so Elanor is working on a retraining regime which is beginning to bear fruit.
Whenever a bark is likely, Elanor shows Sally a treat held in her hand. Sally's preoccupation with this prevents her from giving tongue, so she gets the treat as a reward when the bark eliciting stimulus has passed.
The main job today was washing the roof and starboard side of the boat. Both had got covered in white dust whilst we were at Kingsbury; the port side will be against the towpath when we move the boat to Fradley tomorrow, so hopefully we'll get that side done then.
1 comment:
Sally sounds like a very clever hound - she's picking up the essentials of boating really quickly i.e. cyclists and mallards are a nuisance :-)
Seriously though, I think she sounds like a dog training role model - so useful that she's food-centred.
Sue, nb Indigo Dream
ps. time for a dog to dog blog soon I reckon ;-)
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