Another session of putting the pens in the colander. She's got it now, as long as the colander is somewhere between the pens and me. If I move it too far out of the line, her regular retrieve takes over her brain and she brings it directly to me. I'm also noticing a distinct tendency to drop whatever she picks up, but I know that anything I teach will temporarily interfere with anything else I teach, so I'm ready for that. She's getting really good at hitting the colander. Interesting that she picks up all the pens before she picks up all the clickers, yet the clickers are much easier to get into the colander on the first try.



I groomed her this afternoon, full brush-out, bath, and shaved her face, butt, and back legs. Then we went to a garage sale where we found a red hat with purple flowers made for a dog - and it just fit her. She's not old enough to belong to the Red Hat Society, but *I* am. She wore it most of the afternoon and was greatly admired.