Sit, stay, roly poly

[bunn]

Mollydog training is going on apace. This evening she did 1) down, 2) stay, 3) roly poly, 4) shake paws, 5) touch (ring your bell ball), 6) go across the room and ring your bell ball, 7) go away, ring your bell ball and do a sit, down, stay, come... :-)

Admittedly she only did the last one once: when I tried to get her to do it again she did a roly poly instead to signify that really this was all too much effort for a very lazy dog...

At the New Year gamesmeet, it became apparent that Buckinghamshire mud is much stickier than Cornish mud. Or maybe mud just shows more on other people's carpets. I'd been thinking of getting Mollydog some boots for the corn on her toe (she has problems limping on hard surfaces: vet recommended boots) and the whole mud thing made me decide to go ahead and get some.

Alas, it was not a success:



We got to the end of the drive (Polo and I giggling madly, I have to admit, 'cos she was clopping like a little horse and lifting her feet very high) and she sat down and would go no further. I think the boots are a nono...

I forgot one of my resolutions in my resolutions post: to buy local meat from the butcher rather than random meat shipped from godknowswhere at the supermarket. I did that today, and it was cheap and very nice.

I have also ordered some seeds for my vegetable-growing resolution, but I need to get some ground cover fabric, some bark and possibly some paving slabs.

I *have* remembered to take my phone. Mostly. Unfortunately, I've discovered that one reason I stopped bothering to take my phone is that as soon as you drop below the level of the main road in the Tamar Valley, the signal completely disappears. Also, that Polo has a tendency to unplug my charger without mentioning it and plug his phone in, so my phone is slowly dying but I am not aware of it.

Comments

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Poor Molly! And I'm not sure if we should believe if that these are for medicinal purposes only. You'll be dressing her in a Princess Leia costume (http://www.costumecraze.com/DOG27.html) before we know it...

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Now, that really would be mean!

[(Anonymous)]

Very impressed with all the Mollydog can do!
I didn't know you could get boots for dogs :-). Maybe worth trying a few more times in case she gets used to them?
Neuromancer

[bunn.livejournal.com]

It sounds good until you realise that she *still* doesn't know how to retrieve.

I'd previously thought this was sort of hard-wired into dogs, but apparently not. It's funny when she tries to play with a dog who has a ball - she races about and shouts, while the other dog gets on with retrieving and wonders what on earth she is on about. I think it may be linked to her unusually low prey drive though, so I'm not complaining too loudly.

I'm not 100% sure the boots really fitted her comfortably. I might try them again if she starts limping badly on tarmac again: seems to be getting better at the mo. Possibly the very presence of the boots in the house acts as a sort of homeopathic treatment. :-P

[chainmailmaiden]

I suspect if someone dressed me in boots like that I might sit down at the bottom of the drive and refuse to move :-)

Poor Molly though, corns can be very painful. Don't know if it's suitable for dogs, but my Grandmother used to soak her corns in a bowl of warm water that had a couple of soluble aspirin dissolved in it. The salicylic acid in it helps soften them and it's less harsh than the gel you can use, however as I say, I don't know how dog-friendly it is.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

They are all made of that wetsuit material, with rubber soles, I thought they looked comfy.

But maybe she is holding out for pink stilettoes? :-p

The corn has more or less gone away now: I gave her homeopathic thuja pills, which someone had recommended. I have no idea if they worked or if the corn just went away, but she is more or less better now.

[chainmailmaiden]

But maybe she is holding out for pink stilettoes?

LOL, I have a lovely pair from the 80's with 3" heels she can have, don't think they would be much good for her corn though...

Glad to hear it's nearly healed up.