We’ve been making muscles out of clay over the last couple
of days. On Wednesday we all hit the
wall at about 4.30….building muscles of the neck & skull just took it out
of us; despite the yogurt coated pretzels and the orange creme almonds we could
take no more! (check out the pics below for proof) Was very funny that we all felt the same at
the same time. Yesterday we worked on
building the glutes, quads and hamstrings – our focus was a bit better :)
We also had a talk on reading a dog’s body language. It’s so
interesting when you start to really watch how they behave. For us, we need to attend to the sensory
details and get away from the verbal language. Important point to note – stillness is not
good…if that happens, hands off immediately!
You’ll know where to find me when I get back to Auckland – at the
nearest dog park honing my gait & behaviour observation skills.
Erin kindly let us observe her Pet Parent class on Wed
evening. She had 2 clients who had come
in on their way back to Alaska from a fly-ball tournament. Great to watch, definitely something I’d like
to be able to replicate. Erin cooked us
all supper, a delicious Indian meal…my 1st home cooked meal in
nearly 2 weeks….fabulous.
Thursday we learnt about Passive Range of Motion (PROM) and
practised on the ever tolerant B and Emmy-Lou.
“Movement is the key of Life”, Denise Theobald 2014 ;)
Finally we observed and assessed a 4 month old Lab puppy who
is in training as a service dog. We’re
seeing her again next week.
In my spare time yesterday I was watching Rob do the Coast
Classic race (go Spearhead!!) and Asha with her buddies at K9 Heaven – The Country
Club for Dogs….she clearly loves it there! Oh the joys of Facebook.
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