Tira at the Beach

We took Tira to the beach and let her run wild for the first time. She was running as fast as she could go chasing birds, sniffing things, and just looking around. When I’d call or blow my dog whistle she’d respond and trot in our general direction before returning to us. We were almost done for the day when she saw a bird that she really wanted to catch. She ran after it and kept going and going until she was a long ways away from us. I called, blew the whistle, and tried to get her attention but she was in the zone. Tira may have been over 1/4 mile away when she ran into a couple walking. Luckily, the bird changed direction or flew away and Tira started coming back. All the while I was running after her. When I finally caught her, I hooked her back up to her lead and we played a while longer before going home.

Not sure I’ll do that again but it was fun. A couple of photos of Tira’s beach run are in her photo album.

Tira's First Off-Leash Walk

Today we went on a 1.5 mile walk at Punch Bowl Lake, a fairly well isolated location. As usual, Tira was going nuts chasing all the butterflies. After we got a little ways down the road and away from any chance of traffic, we decided to unhook her from her 26ft leash and let her run wild. I was a little worried she’d forget about us and just chase birds and bugs but Min-Ah wasn’t too concerned. Tira did run like crazy but always kept us in sight. When we called to her she came running back to us. It was obvious she was happy with her tail wagging and her tongue swinging around.

Next week we’re going to take her to the beaches that were just reopened. I hope she’s just as good...I’m bringing the camera this time and the dog whistle.