The weather was absolutely FANTASTIC this past week. We spent a lot of time outdoors gardening, walking Ozzy and playing with him in the yard. It was great. Saturday, July 3rd was a lot more humid & warmer. Also a lot more people shooting off fireworks during the day. It was hard to have Ozzy outside because of the noises and flying debris. Some friends came over for a picnic, air show and the official fireworks show. Before the festivities got started my friend and I took Ozzy for a walk with the intentions of putting him back in the house for his own safety and sanity during the air show. Near the end of our walk, some very rude neighbors up the street, were shooting off bottle rockets from their chain link fence posts, aiming them towards our street. The wind was blowing all the debris over the road, right where we were walking! They didn't even stop as we walked by! I should have called the sheriff's office but didn't really want to deal with the drama right then. Some people just don't use their heads. By the time we got home, we could hear the planes in the distance for the air show that was about to begin so we brought Ozzy inside to krate him up for a while. The cats had already sought shelter from all the noises in the basement. Fireworks and loud air shows just aren't conducive to having your animals outside.
After the majority of the air show was over, we brought Ozzy outside to "use the facilities" and decided to keep him outside to see how he would do. Our newest neighbors were outside with their 2 dogs, Tyson and Meaty and they seemed to be doing just fine. Meaty, who is a small dog, decided to come visit Ozzy. That was hilarious! We now have a dog for Ozzy to have play dates with. Meaty is 5 months old but I'm not sure what kind he is. All I really know is, Ozzy and Meaty are fast friends now! It was great watching them play. Even Tyson, who is a 9 year old Rottweiler, did well with Ozzy. Of course Tyson has been well trained and surprisingly gentle for a Rott. All the dogs seemed oblivious to the fireworks so Ozzy stayed outside with us for the rest of the night. I think everyone had a great time!
Our 3rd puppy class was yesterday. Ozzy did pretty well. Our assignment for this week was "Leave it" and "Take it" in regards to food and treats. Ozzy had that one "mastered" this week. He did really well. Also, we were to keep working on loose leash walking. He's doing much better with that but usually does better if it's only one of us at a time. This week's new lesson was "down" from sit. As the trainer was trying to get Ozzy to do this for the first time, Ozzy just did't seem to get it. He refused to lay down! Finally, with a little gentle persuasion, Ozzy went into "down". Once he got it once, he understood what we wanted so he was very cooperative in doing it again and again. He even repeated this at home so I know he is understanding. We also practiced "leave it" with toys in an aisle of the pet store and sit when stopping on the leash. That needs quite a bit of practice. Ozzy loves toys! Scratch that, Ozzy loves ANYTHING he can pick up and carry around including socks, boxer shorts, shirts, etc....Josh can not leave his bedroom door open when he is here as Oz gets in there and wreaks havoc.
Last night the cats got some lap time as we watched 2 movies at home. They have been on a diet since last week. Ernie was weighing 22 pounds and Bert was 19. I'm concerned that they will develop feline diabetes if they haven't already so it's time to start limiting their food intake more. I give them their allotted amount at night before we go to bed and in the morning, if there is anything left, it gets put away. Consequently they like to try to eat Ozzy's food when we feed him but we keep chasing them away. They even push him out sometimes so we have to monitor meal times quite diligently. It was nice to have a chance to let the cats have some lap time though. They needed the attention too. Today, we'll be leaving after lunch to take Josh back to his mothers and Ozzy will ride along. He's doing pretty well in the car for the most part. Fun times!
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