Dog park hopping

Other things that have been going through my head:

How to motivate and how to be motivated.
The boyfriend tries to complete a programming assignment in one night that should have been started weeks ago. He did not finish of course, all I could do was motivate, right? Wrong, all I could do was distract him from his work. I found myself trying to punish him for not going to class with things like taking away sex but that is harder to do than said. The question is how can I motivate him to make life changing decisions like setting aside two hours a day to work on that program that's due in two weeks? Still working on it, three years later, still working on it.

So today I decided to go dog park hopping with the dog I've had for one year this coming June.



One whole day off to do whatever I want! woo hoo what fun. I decided to take the dog on an adventure to a couple different places. The first park was big with a separate fenced in swimming area, lost the frisbee- who knew it wouldn't float. Some people just do not take the energy to discipline their dogs. Had to exit the swimming area because one big black frisky dog would not stop snapping at Cole and trying to start something. After three tries I decided to remove Cole and go to the grassed area. This man did not change the tone of his voice nor the volume of his voice when he spoke to his pet. How can a dog learn if there is no communication that there was a misbehavior? I found these people at this park to be slightly lackadaisical about their pets. This trip was only Cole's second time swimming this season, I fear he is a little rusty and needs more practice before canoe times.

The second park was very nice a large, no swimming area but there are several fenced in areas for different sizes of dogs. There is even a fenced in agility course. I will definitely be making the drive more often to get away from so many dogs. At the local dog park there are usually too many dogs and Cole does not have a moment of calmness.

I am happy to say that my summer tan is developing nicely and will most certainly be ready for the California trip that comes in a couple weeks.