Courage and Fear

Funny, yesterday Hoot was all filled with courage.  She was absolutely sure that she could do no wrong.  She harassed the big dogs to no end, bit me every place possible and was just generally full of herself.

We took a walk at the local park in the afternoon.  Kids were playing either soccer or rugby all around her.  She was almost beside herself wanting to go play rugby with the kids.  Soccer wasn't as exciting to her.  She still holds firm to her belief that EVERYONE in this world wants to and should say hello to her.  When someone doesn't she is genuinely disappointed.

Today she seems to be in a mini-fear stage.  Probably more emphasis on the fact that she is noticing to world around her to a greater extent and perhaps realizing that it is a BIG PLACE.  Birds are the big discovery today.  After a heavy rain there were a ton of them out and Hoot noticed them all.

We played some chase games this morning to get some energy out of her.  Boy is she getting fast.  Loves to chase.  She believes that her reward is biting my ankles rather than tugging on a toy.  We are trying to change that, but it might be a little bit.

We worked on CnT hand touches at the soccer field, up in the loft (her first visit), in the backyard.  She seems to be able to work in a lot of different places and always happy to tug and play.