Barking update
Isaac did some strong barking for the ball yesterday (after being in the kennel all day). Did about 2.5 minutes worth or bark/play and put him back in the kennel. Was some of his best barking (drive for the toy) yet.
This morning he was in the front yard when something blew by that spooked him, hair went up and he bark bark barked at it (away from it at first then started stepping towards it). A couple minutes later Jeff Day walked over to give Noah the to-do list for taking care of their dog Chester, Isaac was still in the front yard. Isaac postured, squared up and bark bark barked at Jeff and wouldn’t let him in the yard until I finally called him in the house (didn’t tell him to stop just let him go for awhile sorry Jeff). Normally Isaac is pretty chummy with Jeff, but I think he was still a touch ‘off’ because of the thing that blew by.
One of two things. Bill is right and because he’s soft and kind of squirrely with his drives it might just have been his nerves (not good ones either). The other option is that now that he’s learned to bark he’s a little more free and open/confident/comfortable and this might be a good thing. He saw Jeff last night while he was out mowing the lawn and was fine. I will have to keep an eye on things and make sure I don’t see things moving consistently in the wrong direction. Probably didn’t articulate this well, but what I’m trying to say is that it’s either good drive or nerviness showing itself in my opinion (and I’m not sure or qualified to say). Hoping it’s the former and not the second.
He is definitely turning into Barky mick bark bark lately, and has way more drive for the ball. Now how that translates on the field when a helper is present is a different equation all together. Hoping for the best…..
