Elbereth knows to whom she belongs

Yesterday in puppy school there were only four puppies present. First we played with different toys the trainer had brought. Elbereth loved a large piece of soft hide with a pulling string attached. We also worked on the come command - one of the owners would run dragging a toy while a helper held the puppy for a little while. Needless to say - when let go, all of the puppies ran as fast as their paws would allow them.

Then the last exercise was to switch puppies to give us "parents" an idea of how it is to work with other dogs. Tom and I were lucky and got Stitch, a 5-6 months old Welsh Springer Spaniel. He obviously loved the fresh chicken tidbits I had, and he was no problem at all. Walked in place, sat and kept contact with me at all times, very trusting. Stitch's parents, on the other hand, got Elbereth to deal with and she was not interested in doing anything except trying to get over to Tom and me. After a little while of steadiliy growing whining and crying, she was allowed to rejoin us. Happy, happy, happy! Then she slept the whole night through, must have been about eight hours. :-)