Sunday Playdate

Sunday morning was kinda cloudy, but I was my usual sunny self! Ms. Beth took Jackson and me to a park and told us that we would be meeting a new friend. Her name is JoJo and she is a 3 month old English Springer Spaniel. Ms. Beth explained that this was her first time to really come out and play with big, new doggies, so we needed to be gentlemen with her.

I got to meet JoJo first. She was a lot smaller than I. We sniffed and ran around a bit, and then....out came the tennis ball. After that, I could not be bothered with little JoJo, all I wanted was to retrieve her squeaky tennis ball!! It was so much fun :)

After JoJo seemed settled into watching me play with the tennis ball, Ms. Beth let Jackson come out to play too. JoJo liked Jackson. He was the biggest dog she's met so far. Jackson was just happy to be out playing with us young folks and showing off his obedience moves for JoJo and her owner. We were all very focused on Ms. Beth when she brought out the hotdog treats. In fact, that little JoJo, she caught on really fast. She would walk right up to Ms. Beth and sit down and wait for her hotdog!!

Ms. Beth started teaching her how to lie down on command, but she demanded multiple pieces of hotdog for that move. One piece was not enough. I swear, these women really know how to work it!!

Anyway, I'm ready looking forward to my next playdate with JoJo and her tennis ball :)

Sandhills

Last Thursday, Ms. Beth took Jackson and me out to the Clemson Sandhills REC facility. It's a beautiful, wide open space, and there are lots of walking trails out there too!! We met up with my friend Stitch, and we had the best time playing, running and jumping! Even Jackson was super excited !!!

A train went by while were playing, but I didn't even notice it! Ms. Beth was worried that it might scare me, but nothing could stop me and Stitch from all of fun we were having together! It's fun to play with the Setters at home, but sometimes I just really like to play with other dogs my size ;)

This weekend was a big training weekend, as it is just one week before the Greater Columbia Obedience Club (GCOC) trial on Mother's Day weekend. Jackson is competiting in 3 different classes, so Ms. Beth was working him a lot at the training building, along with lots of other people who came down for the "Paws on the Mat" event. She took me along too so that I could practice spending some time learning good "kennel manners" and learning to be by myself for short periods of time.

She has also started letting me learn the "sit", "down" and "follow" commands. I am really enjoying all of this learning stuff, because when I get it right, Ms. Beth gives me a hotdog treat!! YUMMY!!!!!

Jackson has his picture on the wall at the training building because he earned the "GCOC Rally Dog of the Year Award" in 2007. Jackson says that Rally is super fun and that Ms. Beth really likes it. I hope that I can be an awesome Rally dog just like Jackson :)