Thea Anderson's blog

I shouldn't have listened to that sneaky little P+ voice at the back of my head: "She knows how to sit; this is unacceptable!" and so I pushed her butt down, hard.

I'm really proud of us. People remark on how much calmer Sylvie's become. She used to bark at everything, but now she can let strangers lean over her and pet her!

It was sunny with temps in the mid-20's, so I took Sylvie and my skis down to the Esplanade.

We went down through the park for a few blocks, me on my brand new cheap used skis and Sylvie in her little flowery bike-dog harness, plus fleece doggy-suit and high-tech coat.

Today I took Sylvie to her first agility class. (It's not a clicker class, but I'm clicking with the instructor's permission.