Monday, October 7, 2024
An Eventful Morning!
Roxanne mentioned I should add this morning’s experience to the Retrieve blog, and I still feel pretty wound up about it, so I figured jotting things down now might help me unwind enough that I can hopefully fall asleep.
This morning Niko attacked Boaz at our TS HHPR.
She and Riley had been playing a little rougher than I like, but it finally seemed like they had gotten their wrestles out and were starting to run alongside one another. Roxanne arrived with her three, Riley bolted toward them to say ‘Hi,’ and Niko followed. She was moving pretty fast toward Boaz so I was trying to decide whether to recall just to keep her from approaching so fast. I think I decided because they knew one another from previous HHPR’s, it would be fine, so I waited to recall. Then she attacked him.
She was completely unprovoked. I still am feeling shocked by it— this was the last thing I expected from her at that moment. Of course the dogs went wild. Roxanne told me to recall and I was already trying. Repeated recalls and steadily turning the remote up, it was above 80 by the time she finally started moving away.
I’m so grateful Roxanne was there. She made me keep my feet when I didn’t know what to do next. We both worked Niko against Boaz, retrieves and heeling. We worked her against the whole group of dogs. I probably outed her at least 25 times today.
I know we are going to fall back on the training, and I know we are going to work through this. I am also a little terrified that the next time I think she’s fine, she won’t be, and another dog will be hurt. I’m not sure how to relax around her, now.
My eyes are getting heavy. I will likely revisit this after some rest. ❤️
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