More energy than ever... (Friday 23rd August 2019)

Yesterday afternoon (Thursday), Tanza was strangely quiet – no racing around, pulling leaves off plants, chasing anything that moves (butterflies). He ate a good meal when I put him to bed.

Today he made up for yesterday big time! Stairs are a new 'toy'. He storms up and down, often taking the steps two or three at a time on the descent. Ali, his breeder, did say that 'gentle' exercise was recommended for the first six months – HOW? Hip displacia is the main concern. It seems to me that baby Collies just do what comes natural to them, and "flat-out" is the order of the day.

House-training is still ongoing. A suggestion from the vet is to take him out to the selected place in the garden and wait there with him on a lead. When he gets bored he will 'perform'. Well, it works some of the time, but acquiescence isn't in his nature at the moment...

The twists in the lead show the gyrations of the previous minute

A dog chewing its lead is NOT good. 

Is this a battle of wills? I did eventually release him