Still playing and getting to know each other for the next while. I am trying to spend as much time as possible with Molly. I let her out of her kennel yesterday evening when I got home from work and she had a nice run around the lawn. I got down on my knees and made a big fuss of calling her and she nearly knocked me over with excitement running to me. I let her run around a bit more and called her again and she came galloping to me. I made a big fuss of her and gave her a piece of biscuit.
Brought her into the kitchen and threw the rolled up sock for her. She ran straight for it, picked it up and came back to hand with it a few times. She seems to be a natural retreiver which is great.
After about half an hour just following me around the house and playing I slipped a light slip lead over her head and let her drag it around. She only became aware of it when she stood on it. Her reaction was good though in that she didn't seem too worried about this new sensation. After a few minutes I picked up the lead and then I followed Her around the kitchen putting as little pressure on the lead as possible. Only once did she have a reaction to the lead in that she tried to pull away from me. I got down on my knees and called her to me and she came straight away. She got loads of praise and had a good romp on the floor before I fed her and put her to bed.
I am very aware that she is still very young and getting used to her new surroundings so I am keeping things very simple and very short (1 - 2 minutes at most on any one thing). All the time I am watching her and if I get even a hint that she is feeling pressure I stop and have a good old play with her. So far so good. We are having fun together which is the main thing. Roll on the weekend!
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