{"id":1064,"date":"2008-01-20T10:51:30","date_gmt":"2008-01-20T17:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/?p=1064"},"modified":"2008-01-20T10:51:30","modified_gmt":"2008-01-20T17:51:30","slug":"skittish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/2008\/01\/skittish\/","title":{"rendered":"skittish"},"content":{"rendered":"

I finally bought the hula hoop I’ve been wanting.I want to train Lucy to jump through it.<\/p>\n

But she is very <\/em>uncertain about this yellow circle. It hisses when it moves. I wish it didn’t do that.<\/p>\n

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I hope she will feel more comfortable with it soon. You can’t rush these things, or you lose the animal’s trust.<\/p>\n

So far, I have taught her to sit, shake hands, lie down, spin around clockwise, make a circle around me, and this one I call “Sleeping” where she lies flat on her side–<\/p>\n

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NO, Lucy, head on the floor. Good dog<\/p>\n

She’s making progress with heeling, but I have not been able to take her on her walk since last wednesday because I am trying to get over the sick I caught.<\/p>\n

But she is a loving dog, and has learned on her own to give kisses.<\/p>\n

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I have high hopes for the hula hoop. It took her some time to get used to bouncing balls too…but she loves them, once she gets used to them:<\/p>\n

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