wow, Cathi is coming into town to spend time with Jake!!!

Cathi sent an update tonight along with a summary of Jake's history.  She included valuable information on her life with Riley beagle, her first rescue.  She sure took the reigns and worked through soooo much with Riley, I really feel relieved and confident in her abilities of providing a solid (and loving) forever home for Jake.   This is the best gift a foster mom could receive.  Now the only thing left is spending time with Jake.

Today Jake was just soooo entertaining, and full of beans.  He's one of the sweetest beagles I've met.  A quiet kind of sweet, he doesn't demand much, he just soaks up what is going on around him and makes the most of it.  

Today we started out with an early coffee at Galelio & quick walk along the shoreline (I love this old boat as you can tell )
Jake the co-pilot.  He normally is in the kennel, but I wanted to see what he was like out and about in the car.  He's really quiet and puppy like.  At first he stood on the arm rest in between front seats as my co-pilot.
He decided to put his head out the window for maximum sniff factor :)
Keeping a look out for any wildlife lurking in the forest as we drive down the country road.

Our morning walk was Magee beach.....he loves this place, best of both worlds; forest and beach.  Normally a good 1hr in the morning and 1 or as long as you like,  toward the evening when it's cooler of exploring in the woods works for Jake.

hot water dog
shall I jump over?
naw, wading in the water is more my pace this morning.

The afternoon we spent at home, lounging in the backyard while Katherine worked.

Then off to a vet appointment (I'll tell Cathi all about it Saturday) back to the house for a Kong stuffed with kibble and cheese and then a snooze on his dog bed in his own space to rest up.

Then once 5 bells hit......we jumped into the car and raced off to the Estuary for some more walking and fun.
I think this tree trunk had dognip on it....Jake raced to the top
And posed for this picture, he seriously waited in that position for me to snap a pic :P  

We came home for another Kong stuffed with kibble and chicken liver this time then a bit of alone time while I did the dishes.  We had our last night pee in the yard then I some one on one time with Jake.

Tonight we played with his stuffed toys on the couch and played the "trade ya" game.  I sing to him while I'm trading his one toy for the other toy then for treats and or belly rubs. Now is he snoozing beside me with his butt or some part of his body touching.  He is such a snuggler.

His resource guarding training is working like a charm.  He's not going to be here much longer so we relaxed the rules a bit and I wanted to proof my theory about a way of training using games, treats, toys and singing...whatever the dog LOvES that's what you reward him with...my singing is not the greatest, it's not my idea but Jake just melts when I sing a nonsense song about trading and you can literally see all tension is relieved from his body when you are playful with him and singing.

 This is the sort of thing I love about this type of training.  You just never know what floats their boat and keeps them in the happy place, and it's always so much fun to find something soooo simple, that makes them light up and tap dance for joy.

No growling with me at all, just lots of snugglie, cute as pie rolly polly sweet behaviour.  I think he really likes sharing his toys, I just don't think anyone showed him how much fun it could be.

I can't wait to show Cathi this!