Blame it all on my roots...

So, tonight I was able to have Doktor Dog give me his happy face while outside.  This is a good thing, but it is still a process.  I was not able to do it with Pip outside as well, but it will come in time.  Just keep trucking ahead, its hard work but certainly worth the effort.

Going back to my roots now... I have decided to comprise an ethogram to observe both dog's behavior.  I think it will be easier to get their behavior down pat, and what better way to know my own dog's behavior then to do what I did in college.  I wish I could say that I came up with this bright idea all on my own, but I would be lying... I'm reading "how to behave so that your dog behaves"  and she said something about it.  Duh... I did it all during my internship at the Woodland Park Zoo, why not on my own dogs.  So in addition to working with both dogs several times a day, I'm going to be observing their behavior in different situations for 30 minutes at least once a week.  This will also help to understand the dynamics in my own home and help me to prevent further mishaps.  It will also help me keep track of everything that is going on with BOTH dogs, and that is important to me.

So, I'm going to try and put the video from tonight up here, that way everyone can see his behavior.  In one part of the video he had one ear forward and one ear back.... and to be honest, I'm not sure what to do with that.