Early morning freedom at the beach

One of the side effects of Montys lung injury is he can't bolt away anymore as he has to lay down after a few feet for a rest. It has meant that I can now let him loose when we go on walks since he can't run away and he is really enjoying the freedom. I've been taking him to the beach and he has loved being able to explore on his own.






When I find a tiny dry rock to stand on...he just has to try and share


Time to go home

 

He is not too bad outside Ann (although he does have selective hearing haha). It's when he gets home he instantly changes....I don't know if it's the confidence he gets from being at home or whether he feels more comfortable with Mr B in his mouth lol....buuuttt after getting into trouble he just gives me that sweet little look and all is forgiven haha.

I know how you feel Sandy, I could never risk letting Monty loose at the beach before his lung injury. Any loud bang or something surprising and he would bolt so I just couldn't take the risk as there would be no catching him. Now he can't get away as he can only sprint a short distance and then falls over to catch his breath. It's sad to see but it means if he did try to run away I can easily catch him. This means he's getting off his lead everywhere and he's loving it, I also think he knows he can't run away as he's not even trying it, he just comes to me now if he gets startled by something.
I love that you have the tie outs and loops to give him a lot of freedom, great thinking and I bet he loves it still!!

He had been climbing in the water and seaweed yet still had to come and share my rock while he recharged haha.
Great to hear Meadow has good recall, it's much more reassuring letting them loose when you have that. Harley used to stop what he was doing and come to me from anywhere if I just said his name. Monty will recall if he is doing nothing...If he is intrested in something or going to do something then he totally ignores me . Before he got ill if I then tried to get him he would then run to where he was going so I couldn't catch him . Now he can't get away I have the confidence to let him loose everywhere and he is really enjoying himself