Skylar, the Rescue Doberman, is Loosing his Fear of the Pool...

...baby pool that is!

This summer has been hot and partly surprisingly humid here in San Diego. A good reason to use our pool to cool down. Strangely my husband and I hardly hop in, but we thought maybe our beloved dog would like it, so we tried carefully to get him acquainted with the pool and slowly lure him in. But boy, were we wrong. Skylar was scared of the pool!

So my husband thought we start with baby steps and bought Skylar a baby pool. If you click on the video below you can watch Skylar's first four trials to explore the water.

I was surprised how quickly Skylar learned that there is no danger coming from stepping into the baby pool, but even up to today he isn't using it to cool himself down. He seems to be like my husband and I and simply isn't keen on pools. Well, he certainly fits into the family!

Christina

Front Yard Garden Tour

Two weekends ago I did another Periscope broadcast about my front yard and today I would like to share it here on the blog with you. I hope that you enjoy seeing videos of my garden as much as I do taping the Periscope shows.

In this one I focus on showing some roses ('Our Lady of Guadalupe', 'The Prince', 'Pretty Jessica') that were blooming in the front yard and also salvia 'Mystic Spires Blue', which is a show stopper in my garden. I am also featuring geranium 'Rozanne, dianthus 'Floral Lace White', flowering cyclamen and other plants.

Thanks for watching the video!

See you in the garden!

Christina

Skyler, the Doberman is Learning Agility...

...and the handler, which is me, as well!

We had a fun dog training class with our rescue Doberman today in the morning. It was the first time that Skylar and I were trying us at agility jumps. Looks like I need more training than he does!

We have Skylar now for about seven months and he is doing great, admittedly after some initial hick-ups with mouthing and jumping, but some minor problems are to be expected when you take in a young rescue dog.

Unlike the vicious reputation of the Doberman Pinscher, Skylar doesn't seem to have a mean bone in his body and has never shown any aggression towards human beings or other dogs. As a matter of fact, he is a very sweet dog, with a temperament that is a little more on the anxious side. My husband and I really love him. Can you imagine that he could have been one of the estimated three to four million dogs and cats that are euthanized in American shelters each year according to the Humane Society of the United States?

Hope you enjoy the video done by my husband!





By the way, if you are looking for a great dog trainer in the San Diego area, I can highly recommend ours to you. Her name is Alexandra Gant (resultswithbehave). We are doing our dog training group classes with her and besides that she has helped us so much with any initial issues that we had with Skylar. For us as first time dog owners her advice was/is invaluable and the training classes with her are always fun for Skylar and for us.

Wishing everyone a nice rest of the weekend.

Christina