Tis a yellow February doggone day at Applewoods

Today was truly a "yellow doggone day" at Applewoods. Here we have Melissa (in yellow) working Holly, a yellow lab while to Melissa's right is Sandy, a yellow Golden Retriever. In front of Sandy, is Murphy, a yellow lab...visiting again here at Applewoods for a couple of days, then standing is my dog, Sugar, a yellow lab and in the front seat is his mother, Red dog, another yellow dog. Had to laugh as while we were working these 'yellow' dogs, another student came to stay a couple of days with us....Ben, another yellow Golden Retriever! What a yellow day it was today at Applewoods! FYI...all the dogs here are on Place tables and they stayed there while we worked one and sometimes two dogs around and around and around the dogs on Place command...then we'd rotate a dog, or two, and do it all over again!

Murphy wasn't quite used to this level of mental intensity as he really had to work HARD to keep himself on the Place table AND I worked him for over 20 straight minutes doing Figure 8's, weaving in/around the other place tables, focusing on him maintaining a correct heel position and giving me straight, tight sits each and every time. Then I send him to the bed and told him to "Place" which he did with complete delight. He was relieved that I was done working him! I laughed out loud and so did Melissa as within 4 minutes, Murphy gave a big sigh, closed his eyes and was snoring SO LOUD we all heard him. I guess today being a 'yellow doggone day' at Applewoods just plain tucked him out. Happy dreams, Murphy. See ya tomorrow:)

Roxanne