Today is Nico's first day camping. The little dude doesn't know how to relax yet, so has gone from 7:00am to now (8:30pm) without taking a nap. He had a fun time chewing every log and stick within reach at our campsite. It will be interesting to see how to does at night in the tent. We are guessing he'll be so tired that he passes right out.
Nico has had a long day. Morning walk, then another walk to the farmer's market, then a run to the dump, and then supervising me beginning the install of his invisible fence. We are rushing to get a bunch of house chores done today because tomorrow we move into a campsite on Lower Saranac Lake for a week. It was supposed to be a vacation but then I went and got a new job so will now be a basecamp for the week. I can't complain about being able to continue to go into work everyday from a campsite on the lake.
Today we let Nico's hound instincts come out. We went for a walk at Dewey Mountain Recreation Center and let Nico lead with his nose. His face was glued to the ground 85% of the time. The downside of this is he is on a continual decline in his recall. If he is on a scent he could care less what else is going on in the world. We continue to give him the opportunity to be off-leash and he continues to blow it by not coming when he is called. We are starting the install of an invisible fence in our yard this weekend so we can safely work with him so he can sniff to his heart's content but also come when called.
