We invented a game together with the apples that have fallen off the trees. I’ll pick up an apple, throw it high up in the air, and then we’ll both chase after it when it comes down. She loves this so much that she’s been hording the apples together and whenever I come outside she runs and gets one.
We’re going to work on some more training this week. She’s an angel inside but very independent when we go out. I bought a clicker and Pat Miller’s book, “The Power of Positive Dog Training”, so we have that to look forward to. Should be fun!
Unfortunately, yesterday I had to cut her nails. We both dread doing this, and of course I cut a nail too short again. This time it was really bad though. She bled A LOT. I went to get the first aid kit, but the styptic powder had all dried up. I put her paw in some corn starch and then put pressure on it with a cloth. The bleeding still didn’t stop. I ended up bandaging it and disinfecting it with a lot of resistance from her of course. It was a disaster. I spent the rest of the day feeling like crap and cleaning the blood out of the carpets :(
