Dog Park

After much deliberation and not finding the time, I finally took Kai to the local dog park. I figured if she can handle boarding with dogs, she might be able to handle the park. So off we went in my car, having to brake and sent her onto the floor, almost marred the day. I hate trees that cover stop signs. Anyway she was a little shaken but not too stirred. When we got to the dog park we were the only ones there, I figured it was probably because is was a Monday. However, we were not there 15 minutes when another person arrived with their dog. Since Kai is over 20 lbs she had to play with the big dogs. Luckily, they were not too much bigger then she was. Kai was a little hesitant at first when the dogs came in, it seemed every 10 minutes, she really does not like them looking at her butt. Eventually, she moved away from my chair, I think she was protecting me and I went to talk to the other people. Soon, though not too closely, she was running around with the other dogs, she preferred it when a dog went off by itself away from the herd. Then she would engage it in play until surrounded. She met a dog named Goose, after the Tom Cruise movie, and they played for a bit. Goose is a cutie pie, English Lab, who his owner says is a bit slow. He will be a massive dog, and a definite gentle giant. All in all she met and did well with 6 dogs all running around the dog park. I had a hard time convincing her it was time to leave. And I was a little miffed that it seemed that some long time guests of the park broke the rules that they probably helped set, which was do not bring toys into the play area. We almost had a fight with one of the older dogs and poor Goose, who had no idea what was happening. IT was a ball that the owner brought in and was playing fetch with her dog, but Goose retrieved the ball after it landed at his feet and the other dog started snarling. Goose dropped the ball but it ticked me off that these people who were talking about the park like they owned it, did not have the common courtesy to put the toy away. I decided to leave because I did not want to have to state my mind on my first day there. Kai is now tired and I do not know if it will last throughout the day or if she will be her usual manic self at 7PM.

Wonderful AC and no chance of parole.

Kai has found the best spot in the house to cool down, the AC vent in the kitchen. If I could download the picture to this file I would but just imagine the best possible way to lay on a vent. Stretched out, toy in paws, eyes closed. I wish I had the option to rest like that or that they made a vent big enough for me to sprawl across. On another note Kai has had some privileges revoked. Not to get into the gory details but it involved three oriental carpets and some bad bathroom etiquette. We had let her have some run of the house, only when we were in it. I had just settled down to my morning coffee and crossword, when things got very quiet. I thought I would find Kai curled up on a couch but no, just catching her in the act that caused three carpets to be soiled. So much for my morning coffee. So out she went into the back door which I locked because she can get in by using the handle. Then I raced to the pet store to buy gates to lessen the desire to run all over my house and treat it like she was in the great outdoors. I heard that if you have oriental carpets down that is the first place a dog will go and she did. I knew it was a problem but this stupid human did not pull the rugs back up after a party. Well the carpets are up now, and though Kai's freedom has been limited she still has plenty of room especially when she is outside. Lesson learned.

Headbands beware

My Kai is sitting quietly in a chair right now, looking at me with her big brown eyes, but that is now and the rest of the day she has been a little monster. First the headband, then the fake flowers that I had put feathers into, no more feathers after Kai wanted to get my attention. Then mail and a slew of other things. I guess this is what I get for leaving her a week to go on vacation with my family. She is playing catch-up on destruction. On the other hand she is full of kisses and wanting to not leave our sides, except when we are not paying attention to her. I am thinking of taking a few steps backwards and getting gates for the house again to keep her from getting to things to destroy them. She is now playing with my son, who she follows around the house with a ball in her mouth waiting for a game of fetch. She still prefers to run at you with the ball, but she is better at letting it go when she gets someone to play with her. I am told she did well at boarding and made some doggie friends. I think I will take her to the dog park tomorrow to see how she does. I have found that she tends to get a little car sick. Not sure what to do about that, but maybe if I drive her around a bit she will get the feel of a car. In the meantime, I need to look for some more headbands without chewed ends.

Enter Kai

Kia has a new trick. At first it she was an accident, she jumped on the door handle at just the right angle to open the door. It happened once about a month ago. But this past week with all the rain she decided that she did not want to be outside, so she started jumping at the door, once again triggering the door to open. Now, whenever she wants to come in she just has to do it once as she now knows the correct angle by heart. Of course when I am trying to clean or cook I have to lock the door. Or if I am not available to see her come in she opens the door and I find her roaming the house with the door wide open. I yelled at my children the other day for leaving the door open, nope just Kai. I need to teach her how to shut the door behind herself, so I can diminish the fly and mosquito population within my house. Lovely dog, that I definitely need to teach a new trick.