Last weekend I taught a seminar on dog communication at Dog Scouts Troop 107 in Cincinnati. What a great honor to help a great organization and also meet some wonderful people!  |
| Lottie riding with Punch to Cincinnati |
I brought Punch with me, because he is such a calm, easy boy. Lottie came along for the ride. My plan was to leave her in the car, which I did while I was speaking, but during our introductions, one of the women mentioned that I had the first blind/deaf Dog Scout, and everyone was interested. So I brought Miss Lottie in and she got to demonstrate her tricks and skills. I didn't have any treats with me (yes, no one needs to tell me I'm a bad mommy), so I grabbed a handful of trail mix from the people-treat table, and used the peanuts from that to get her interest in performing. She spit out the first nut I gave her, but then had second thoughts and ate it, and after that she had enough interest in these new dog treats to keep working, but I think she was really hoping there was gonna be some cheese or chicken appear at some point. Since raisins and M&Ms are bad for dogs, and they were part of the trail mix, I got treat, too
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Lottie did beautifully. Her stay, as always, was adorable. And the super-cool part was that a reporter was there from WLWT news, and he filmed the whole thing. Hopefully Lottie will make the story!
