Nice weather in Oklahoma :)
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 3:44 am
The temp was in the high 50s today so I decided to keep the dogs outside playing all day. 
We played around in the yard a little while, then went for a walk. During this walk, I learned a man down the road has turkeys. I also learned that Merlin really would love to eat a turkey! As he was barking like a crazy beast, the turkey decides to taunt him repeatedly. I finally got him in a sit on the side of the road and made him focus. He was fine then. My son and I also learned on this walk, that we are proud owners of a coyote. 
This person, who had a friend, who had a friend that had a dog just like mine and it was "pure" coyote. I of course wasn't going to say anything, but nooo my 4 year old son could not let it slide that this man just called his DS a coyote. My son decides to go off in a rant about how this is not a coyote. He is a DUTCH shepherd. At this point the man kind of chuckles and Thomas (my son) goes, "Kinda like a German Shepherd, but not." Then he tells the guy he has seen coyotes in his book before and that Merlin looked nothing like one. At this point Merlin, probably insulted this man called him a coyote, decides that it would be the smart thing to start getting annoyed and let the hair raise up on the back of his neck. Finally we get away from this maniac and continue our walk home. Merlin did well walking around the neighborhood as long as there are no turkeys or weirdos to distract him. I'm thinking I'm just out of luck on the last one. 
Here are some pictures though that I took today. My son never would sit still, but I was able to get the other 2
I tie a really long rope to Merlin, just incase he gets the urge to chase something and to help with enforcing the come command. He decided to take Chewie for a walk with it. The picture where they look really focused a cat decided it wanted to walk out of the woods and play. Not a good idea, it ended very quickly with the cat going back into the woods. 
We played around in the yard a little while, then went for a walk. During this walk, I learned a man down the road has turkeys. I also learned that Merlin really would love to eat a turkey! As he was barking like a crazy beast, the turkey decides to taunt him repeatedly. I finally got him in a sit on the side of the road and made him focus. He was fine then. My son and I also learned on this walk, that we are proud owners of a coyote. This person, who had a friend, who had a friend that had a dog just like mine and it was "pure" coyote. I of course wasn't going to say anything, but nooo my 4 year old son could not let it slide that this man just called his DS a coyote. My son decides to go off in a rant about how this is not a coyote. He is a DUTCH shepherd. At this point the man kind of chuckles and Thomas (my son) goes, "Kinda like a German Shepherd, but not." Then he tells the guy he has seen coyotes in his book before and that Merlin looked nothing like one. At this point Merlin, probably insulted this man called him a coyote, decides that it would be the smart thing to start getting annoyed and let the hair raise up on the back of his neck. Finally we get away from this maniac and continue our walk home. Merlin did well walking around the neighborhood as long as there are no turkeys or weirdos to distract him. I'm thinking I'm just out of luck on the last one. Here are some pictures though that I took today. My son never would sit still, but I was able to get the other 2
I tie a really long rope to Merlin, just incase he gets the urge to chase something and to help with enforcing the come command. He decided to take Chewie for a walk with it. The picture where they look really focused a cat decided it wanted to walk out of the woods and play. Not a good idea, it ended very quickly with the cat going back into the woods. 