August 16th - Canine Fun Days

We took Kodo out to Chagrin for the Canine Fun Days today. It was good weather- relatively cool for August, so we figured it would be perfect.

As soon as we got into the grounds, we ran into two other Berners and spent some time chatting. One of the other dogs was a 15-month boy, and he was smaller than Kodo! It was funny how they seem to recognize other Berners.. :)

After wandering around the polo field, we decided to let Kodo give the swimming pool a try, so we bought our tickets and got in line. After waiting for about 10 minutes, we finally got up to the ramp. Kodo wasn't really sure about the whole water thing, and he ended up walking on his back feet on the bottom of the pool and flopping his front paws around and splashing like crazy. I actually managed to get video of him during this:


Then we wandered around some more, and finally decided to try Kodo on lure coursing. Didn't have much expectations of how well he would do- Berners aren't really the sight-hound type.. :) However, once we got his attention on the lure, he ran about 3/4 of the way round the field before the lure got a little too far ahead and he lost interest. We were so excited and proud!! and once he got sick of it, we did a 'Come' command from the opposite end of the field and he came to us!!! Unfortunately we got no video of this because we both needed to be out there to lure him into starting to run.. All in all, a very busy day! I think Kodo had a ton of fun!