The dog has adjusted to our schedule, it knows I will take him out for a quick walk before 7am after I got my first brew of coffee. Yesterday we took the dog for a long walk on the golf course's cart path while the course was closed for play, it took about 1.5 hour and it had no trouble keeping up with us, it occasionally stopped and sniffed a little bit but catch up with a run afterward, so we didn't feel like we had to wait around for the dog at all.
Samson has a lot of "Cocker Spaniel" in him, this breed was used to "flush", which means chasing bird or small animal out from bushes then the owner / hunter can shoot the target. It does not kill or retrieve the games at all, I had hope that Samson could one day go outside to the driveway and bring the newspaper back to the door for me, unlikely this could happen. It was having great fun by chasing all the birds on the golf course yesterday, Samson looked so content after the walk with bird chasing, he must think he was employed with a purpose.
Then I had to take my grown-up goldfish to relocate to a friend's home, let Samson meet her big 2 years old boxer girl for a play date. Upon arrival, Samson already knew he was going to meet Bella (the big dog) again, he could not wait to jump off the car. I was a bit nervous to see Samson meeting so many children at my friend's house, there were about 8 kids at that moment, Samson did not bite or behave badly, it just ran away through the bottom of the gate! I had to chase the dog for 2 blocks!
I was so relief that Samson behaved in front of a group of children, that means it can be trained to trust children again even Samson was abused by kids before. This is a big step forward, I let the children fed Samson treats all along, it is always easier in bribery.
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