good ol' blue...

so blue was really happy to see me yesterday. he gave me a facial then played frisbee with me without leaving my parents' yard. he was acting strangely calm and sleeping more than usual, so i thought (think) he might be sick.



i took him for a walk today to the end of the road and back. when i got back to my parents' driveway, i took him off the leash and he walked right up to the house with me. we played ball until he got tired, then i put the leash back on him and led him inside. i was feeling pretty confident in the way he was acting (it's always the times i believe he will behave when he doesn't), so when i took him out at about 5 tonight, i just carried a leash in my pocket to bring him back in with. as soon as i opened the door, a deer darted through the yard into the woods with blue right on its white tail. i called and called and called and got no response, so i walked down towards the creek. blue came running to me, stopped about 20 feet from me, and then as if to laugh in my face darted off again.



i didn't follow him and hoped he'd come back when he saw i wasn't chasing him. after a few minutes i got my mom to call him. (mom always has treats, so he usually comes.) no response. i decided i'd get in my car and drive around to the neighborhood that's across the creek to look for him. when i got into my car i noticed i had 8 missed calls and one voicemail. it was a lady telling me that they had blue in their backyard. i called her back, got the address, and drove across the creek with eric. when i got there, i found a young married couple in their backyard grilling. with them were a golden retriever and a border collie chasing each other. she said he came up to their gate and whimpered to get in and play, so she let him in, stopping to check his tags and get my phone number i guess.



i love my dog. he's so sweet and friendly with tons of personality, but he ain't got no home training. i think i'm going to spend my tax refund on this intense 2 week residential program just outside of athens. they guarantee results, and that's what i need. especially with camp approaching quickly. i have to have him trained by then, there's no way i can keep him on a leash the whole time, and i can't have him jumping on kids. it was cool when he weighed 8 pounds, not now that he's 35.