During March, we took Coda on her first trip to the mountains (Idyllwild). There wasn’t much
snow in the town, but Coda found every pile of slush and ice on the side of the road and
immediately climbed to the top. She loves the sound of ice crunching under her feet.
We took her a bit higher up and found some snow, but she was more interested in running
around under the trees and picking up rocks. Yes, she still loves rocks of all sizes. True to
form, she also ran into the creek and then into the dirt so that she could spread mud
everywhere. Both Coda and my car needed a bath.
Because we are in San Diego, only two weeks after being in the snow, Coda got
her first trip to dog beach (Del Mar). There were lots of sandy puddles for her to dig into and
lots of other dogs to chase. We have since been back to the beach several times, and, as
you can see from the photos, she finally decided to go into the surf (Bolsa Chica). She then
proceeded to roll around in the sand to dry herself off. Yes, both she and my car got another
bath.
The last picture was taken on my stairs, one of her favorite places to sit. She also likes to
take her ball to the top and roll it down so she can play fetch by herself.
I have been surprised by the number of places I have found that allow dogs; we were actually
wandering around Bloomingdales last Saturday. Coda behaves very well when I take her
into stores to walk around, she is very curious and looks at everything as if she really is
“shopping”. And, so far, no accidents in any stores (even though the man in the Persian rug
store said I could bring her in, I thought that might be pushing my luck too far).
She also sits under my chair reasonably well if I take her to lunch somewhere with an outdoor patio.
We graduated from puppy class two weeks ago and immediately started basic obedience
the same day. She’s the youngest dog in the class and clearly one of the better behaved
ones. She does every command perfectly on cue so long as I have the dried chicken pieces
in my pocket.
Linda April 18, 2009
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