One of the challenges we've been working with Nico is his fixation on moving objects. He wants to run after cars, bicycles, squirrels, birds, etc. He is slowly starting to calm down with cars driving by, but they do result in an overall heightened energy level that makes it challenging for him to focus on walking without pulling, listening to commands, etc. We're trying all of the tricks to break his focus and redirect him. In the mornings when the neighborhood is quiet he can walk for a half hour with hardly having the leash come taunt. I know he has it in him, we just need to focus that little brain.
Nico and I were doing a little motorcycle maintenance in the driveway this evening. He wasn't at all startled or upset about the sound of the bike, which is a good thing. Midway through he spotted his friend Wilson across the street and started to skirt his duties in supervising my work, instead protesting not being able to play with Wilson. When we finished we got in a play session. Nico lost another tooth in the process, leaving Wilson covered in blood. We constantly check in with our neighbors to make sure they are ok with Wilson and Nico playing. They always say yes, but when their dog comes back covered in blood I wonder if they are being honest with us. Haha.
This is the post Donnelly's Ice Cream look of disappointment. We took Nico along with us to get ice cream this evening, but he didn't get any. We aren't believers of dogs getting human food. He had a sensory overload with being in close proximity to, but not within contact of dozens of other people. If you are ever in the Saranac Lake, Lake Placid, Tupper Lake area it is well worth it to make a side trip to Donnelly's. Homemade soft-serve ice cream, only one flavor on tap each day. It's the best thing you'll get on a cone for hundreds of miles around.
