On Tuesday Journey and I started handling classes for beginners. The instructor is rather different, but the dogs loved him and he very obviously loves the dogs too. I think I'll learn a lot and hopefully be much more comfortable and confident showing her than I was with Dance. Also helps that Journey is a much more outgoing puppy than Dance was, so that automatically makes things less stressful. I don't have to show her, but I want to, and figured it's better to learn the right way this time around than kind of winging it and just taking a couple drop-in classes. And there's only me and two Shelties in class, so we get a lot of time to learn and work on stuff and nothing is rushed at all.
Then yesterday we met up with MandyPug and Izzie at the park because they were in the city for an appointment. Unfortunately I am the world's most terrible tour guide and wasn't paying attention to the walking paths, so we didn't get to do the route I wanted to haha. But Dance, Journey and I had a good time and Izzie is tiny and adorable! I don't know why, but when I walk with other people, I never feel like taking pictures, so I didn't really get any good pictures yesterday. But hopefully there'll be a next time and I'll try to do better then! It was also the first time I've actually taken Journey out with another dog other than to a class a couple weekends ago, and I enjoyed having both of them out together. I'd do it more often but I don't want Dance's quirkiness, should she be having a weird reacting day, to rub off on Journ while she's young and impressionable still. But Dance was awesome yesterday!
Anyway, here are a few pictures just for proof haha. Featuring Izzie and Dance of course, but Journey says she doesn't mind if they're in her thread!
Poor Izzie. The trails weren't wide enough because of all the snow, and Dance was having a moment of unusual excitement in which Journey decided she should join in. At least Dance made an effort to go around, but I think Journey accidentally bumped Izzie once. Thankfully she was ok and it was only once! I was worried she undid her Chiro adjustment/rehab appt stuff.
Dance thought for a second about wandering down to the creek. It was really pretty there yesterday. I wish I'd tried better for pictures!
A few more!