Jack-in-the-Pulpit (now Jackpot) - an Ivy/Rudy pup:
Jack is so smart that after five days at my house he runs for the back door. My yard is rather complicated with three outbuildings plus the house and two car ports, but it was a breeze for Jack. I was both surprised and impressed.
On Sunday we went to a local park and Jack did very well. He met a small group of people at the swings/play area and was happy to go up to them and to the small girl, but in the end preferred to relax at my feet. I looked down and it dawned on me how the situation played out and was very pleased. He followed me all over the park. Of course, I know that this is because he is a baby and once he gets a few months old he will venture off more, but if he ended up being one of those dogs that stuck with their owner off property, I would be very, very happy.
At the park I tested him a bit. My two female BC’s are scared of the swings moving. It really freaked them out as puppies. So much so that to this day they avoid the swings. So, with Jack, I swung the swing (with nobody in it) and he just stood there. At one point he jumped up and probably would have played with it. Good Jack! Also, the round and round thing didn’t bother him either. I didn’t have him ON it, just standing beside it while it went round and round. These are just two things I did to test him a bit; there were more but I can’t think of them now. Suffice it to say that I was very pleased.
