Champ and Milo

My dogs have no concept of why they haven't been getting regular runs lately. They have no way to know that I have been overbooked, overworked, and overwhelmed for the last few weeks. When I told them over and over through out the week that on Wednesday (today) I would take them running at Hinkley Park, they just cocked their heads and wagged their tails, searching for the phrase words "wanna go out?" among my human garble. Hinkley was not far from my morning appointment with Milo and Champ and I cleared my schedule to make time to run my dogs today. Today's walk in the woods was as much for them as it was for me.

Finn has been my "right paw dog" and he has been instrumental in helping these two rescue litter mates get over their leash reactivity. We trainer types prefer not to call dogs aggressive and much prefer the term reactive. To date Finn has helped nearly 50 reactive dogs in private sessions with his excellent dog skills and his good guy mellow demeanor. It is getting to the point that he gets more private bookings than I do. I am thinking about writing a book about Finney's "bait dog magic" in hopes of helping other people and their problem dogs. I have started a "Friends of Finney" journal and Milo and Champ will surely get their own chapter. After 3 initial training sessions, Champ and Milo signed on for three more and today being the 5th session they were even ok with Charlee walking in close proximity.
Good dogs Milo and Champ!!

After both my dogs got done assisting me this morning we made a B-line over to Hinkley Park.
I will let the pictures speak for themselves. All I can say is that the lingering wet dog smell in my car was so worth it. And I vow to my dogs not make them wait weeks for the next great dog run.

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