Kody seemed to have recovered very quickly from throwing up yesterday, let’s hope it lasts. But I did make one more change, and I have no idea if it’s related. I was at Costco, and I decided to buy the organic hamburger for Kody. I still eat the regular stuff, but I figured he eats just a sixteenth of a pound per meal, so I could afford to get the cleaner beef for him.
I was talking with my sister about her son Sean who has a new dog. It sounds like he’s being a very good dog parent and using positive training and really working hard. The other night his dog was over at a house with two other dogs. These two other dogs started barking and his dog was just calm and quiet. Well, one of the other people there went over to his dog, grabbed it by the collar, and moved it away. Sean was very angry, and rightfully so. He doesn’t drag his dog around by the collar.
The other people were making fun of him for not allowing his dog to eat leftover human food (like off dinner plates), which they allowed their dogs to do. I guess they pressed on and even said when he had kids they were going to give them lots of candy. Who knows if they really would, but he was obviously disturbed by the lack of respect these comments indicated.
Then he did what you have to do when you’re responsible. He didn’t argue, he just told them he was going to run his dog home before they continued with the rest of their plans. Good for him!