- took sumo a few minutes to get adjusted (his first major excursion outdoors off leash)
- chibi (veteran of this backyard) immedately went into full shiba 500 run laps and chase the tennis ball mode
- sumo then started to chase chibi with the ball, took 2 laps, realized he couldnt catch her, and then just layed down in the center of the lawn and barked at her as she circled him
- chibi then did her high speed drive by passes on him, knocked him over a few times, until he chased her again
- then they both got tired, layed next to each other, and started to chew on grass :-p
chibi has started to return to her "ring the bell to go outside in the back so i can chew on leaves" mode...really getting annoying (and now sumo is starting the same)
at halftime at the kings game sunday, they had the "flyball dograces"...a few obeservations/hypothesis/speculations:
- herding dogs rule that race - the border collies and ACD's can FLY
- not positive, but i'm pretty sure if chibi (or sumo) were in that race, they'd run over the hurdles to get the ball, then dash up into the stands to play keep away and never come back
on the "chase the ball topic", we had chibi sorta trained to play "fetch" just before we got sumo. she's still pretty good with it, but most times it evolves into:
- throw the ball
- chibi fetches and brings it back to me, then "drops" the ball on command and sits for the next throw
- sumo notices
- throw the ball
- chibi fetches, sumo jumps on her and tries to take the ball OR sumo fetches and chibi jumps on him and tries to take the ball
- dogs run around trying to keep the ball from the other and i never get it back
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