weekend in the burbs

Dylan, Rumor & I were up in Lake Forest this weekend at my parents' house because we were throwing an engagement party for a family friend. Dylan loves going up there.... they have a fantastic backyard and he gets to go to Open Lands, which is a forest preserve that backs up to their property... Rumor was thrilled to be introduced to all of this.

Rumor attended his first USDAA trial... I figured it was the perfect opportunity to get a taste of the atmosphere, noise, energy, etc. It was an indoor trial and way fewer dogs than the AKC trials around here... so it wouldn't be quite so overwhelming. He was such a good boy the entire day! He was a bit taken aback when we first walked in the building with all the noise, etc... but it didn't take him long to get into the swing of things. Every time he was in his crate he was quiet as a mouse and napping most of the time. He got lots of rewards for being so good in there We walked around a lot and played tug, worked on focus and slowly kept moving closer and closer to the rings. He would continue tugging with me even when we were about 20 ft away from the rings! He was a very good boy. Nothing seemed to overwhelm him at all and he didn't seem stressed, which I was happy about.

Unfortunately, my mom's dog, Duffy, is not really a big fan of the new puppy. Duffy is 8 yrs old and I think he is over all the energy of new pups. When I first got Dylan, they were friends until Dylan was larger than Duffs.... now they just do their own thing. I hope Duffy gets over this b/c he's living with me until Friday... so, as of now, he has been hiding/sleeping in my closet away from Rumor... pathetic.

Dylan always loves weekends up north. We get to play lots of ball and he's happy to just hang around the house. My dad was very impressed with how well Dylan and Rumor got along. Dylan lays down to play with Rumor a lot of the time so they are on a similar level... it's quite cute.