Slow Week

So I finally had to take Trigger in to the vet for his intestinal difficulties. We came home to quite the mess both on Tuesday and on Thursday (twice on Thursday, actually) and it was obvious that even with a bland diet it wasn't something he was getting over on his own. 10 days of amox and he should be good as new. This happened 3-4 months ago as well - the vet figures he probably was born with a sensitive stomach and then the fact that we had to poke around in there when he was four months old most likely made him even more sensitive. The drugs seem to be helping as by Sunday he was no longer exploding.

Anyways, we've continued to go on our daily walks, which has been going pretty well. On Saturday, I tried going with both Cannon and Trigger, which did not go well. Marlies is in charge of walking Cannon, and well, hasn't really been doing it. So while Trigger's started to get used to the expectations of the walk (you can be in front but you can't pull, when I say "touch" you come to my hand, when I tell you to sit, you do it) she does not. She wanted to wander from one side to the next, pull, and generally make it so we didn't make any forward progress. I ended up having to put her back inside so that I could get a walk in with Trigger. I'm hoping that when Marlies returns from Chilliwack we can work on walking them side-by-side and then slowly transition to two leashes and one person.

I'm never sure what Trigger's reaction to people on our walks mean. There are a lot of people that he's waggy-tail/wants to meet. There's others that he will bark at and be really on guard about. Just because of how he can still be a bit anxious on the walks, I'm a little tentative about bringing him around other people. I'm just not sure. He loves all the people that come to our house and I've never had any issues with him and people. I think I'm very cautious because of Rocket - I didn't expect him to lash out at people either, and then without warning he lunged for a skateboarder (during a training session, no less). I'd like for the kids that ask to pet him to be able to do so, but I'm not 100% comfortable with that right now.

My session with Ivan for Friday got bumped to this Tuesday and I'm curious to see what we will cover.