Smart little girl

I have to brag about this girl... She is such a smart dog. She is really learning what various words mean. When I ask her if she has to go "potty", she runs to the back door... When I ask her if she wants to go for a "walk", she runs to her leash that hangs on hall door knob... When I ask if she wants to go to the "park", she runs to her leash as well... When I tell her to "kennel up", she happily obliges. At breakfast and dinner time I ask if she's "hungry", and her tail wags as she runs to her food bowl where she helps me prepare her meal. She also knows to "stay" out of the kitchen whenever I am preparing people food.

She is such an easy house guest - we have truly enjoyed having her in our home. As I've said before, this girl wants nothing more than to make you happy. I think we'll start working on some basic obedience commands such as sit and down. I have no doubt that she'll pick up on those quite easily.

Catching up

It's been a while since I've posted so this one might be a little long...

Fourth of July Weekend:
Goody came with us over Fourth of July when we went out of town to visit our family. She did well on the 2 1/2 hour car ride, sleeping most of the way. My parents had a cookout with a few friends over the first night we were there... Goody was happy to meet everyone, including my parents' Cocker Spaniel. She did, however, sort of fall in the pool - she saw me go down the steps into the pool, and decided to follow. Not realizing the water was not a solid surface, she walked right in and went under. I helped her get out and after a few minutes she seemed to have recovered from the ordeal. As the evening progressed we started hearing fireworks from around the neighborhood. Given her nervousness during severe thunderstorms (which, by the way, seems to be improving with each storm), I was worried that this would scare her. She perked her ears a bit each time, but that was the only reaction she gave. By the end of the evening she found her way to her bed, exhausted from the long day.

Funny girl:
A while back we discovered that Goody likes to watch tv, particularly when there are animals on. She perks her ears, and follows them with her head. It's quite funny to watch. She hasn't quite figured out why a running dog on tv doesn't keep running out the side of the tv... As she's laying there watching, her head moves like she is expecting it to keep running, then she jerks it back as she realizes it's still "in" the tv. We also recently "inherited" a 75 gallon aquarium with fish. Goody loves to watch the fish! She is especially interested in watching them when I feed them. The first day we had them, she tried to bite at them through the glass. A few sharp no's and she hasn't done it since.

We take both Goody and our own greyhound to the park on weekends, and on daily walks. I continuously get compliments on her polite manners around other dogs and on the leash. She really is a good girl!