No matter how great I think things are going, there's always something that humbles me.
This time, it's Astra. Now she's a pap, so it goes without saying she's way brighter then me. I can usually figure a workaround to her shenanigans though.
Not this time.
Every year, come fall and winter, she wants to "critter hunt"! She gets obsessed about finding the critters that may or may not have been under the deck when she wasn't out there on patrol.
When she's in 'critter hunt' mode, everything else vanishes in her world. Her recall becomes non-existent, her food drive is gone, her play mode is gone, she even ignores her leash and the chance to go anywhere else fun. She will stay out there and 'critter hunt' until she's ready to fall over from exhaustion. She doesn't even care about how cold or rainy it is out there.
The only solution I have is to take her out on leash. So, from sunset to sunrise, I have to take this little 5 1/2 lb papillon out on a leash for her sake and mine.
You know what's most humbling about it?
She has to be on leash simply because I can't catch her otherwise!! That little bundle of fur can zig and zag and zip better than any other dog I've ever spent time with. In this circumstance at least, she has me beat. Luckily, I'm bigger than her and can use the leash!!
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