 Barked: Tue Feb 15, '11 10:43am PST |
 | |  | | Well, the whole sitting on the bench by the river did not work out yesterday, because it had gotten super windy - too windy to sit outside! so we went back home instead 
Today it's too cold to sit outside but it's supposed to get warmer later this week.
Yeah, I was afraid that Kiska might start biting, but most of the time I was holding her when people were trying to pet her. I have to say, my father in law was probably the worst, the way he was holding her down and petting her (all while in my arms) and I kept telling him to stop, but he kept insisting it was fine and I was like, "No, she's totally freaking out, stop touching her". Well, I think Kiska hates him the most now because she wouldn't even go near him anymore and she would bark really meanly at him whenever she saw him! Then he was like, "I don't get why your dog doesn't like me" and my husband said, "Well, it's probably because you wouldn't leave her alone when clearly she was not comfortable with you touching her". My father in law was like, "Ummm, no, I don't think that's it...there must be some other reason..."
I feel like this all might be a strictly French thing; most people and children in NYC ask me first if they can pet, or when they try to pet and they see Kiska is freaking out, they'll usually back off. Only maybe once a week or so do I get the crazy person coming up and just petting her without asking - and it's almost always when I'm in the midst of a struggle, like picking up Kiska's poop in the middle of the sidewalk at rush hour, or when she's totally freaking out, barking and lunging and I'm trying to calm her down or pick her up and we're also running late for Kiska's class...
Anyway I am excited because our puppy kindergarten place is offering one free week of dogwalking. I talked it over with the trainer who said it might be a good idea because then Kiska might be too distracted by having a new person walking her, plus there will be 2 other dogs being walked with her, to be all overstimulated by the noises and people outside. I called to schedule for next week and I'm just waiting for them to call me back to confirm...
I got another email from a different AKK breeder looking to place an adult AKK! Eeeek! That's like, 2 different ones within 3 weeks! I feel really bad turning them down, but I really don't think I can handle anything more than Kiska right now... |  |  | |  |
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I bet soon Ghost will put her in her place, or maybe not Sasha & E often times rule the larger dogs.
