Arabia Mountain

Charlotte had the day off work so she came up to PAWS to get Valentine out for a field trip!  They went to Arabia Mountain.  Vally was very alarmed by the tall signs.  She had never seen anything like them before but as she walked on she got more and more use to everything around her.  Other dogs would walk by, and she would turn her head away from them and strut right past.  Valentine has been at the shelter since she was a baby and she can be nervous when doing new things for the first time.  This is not surprising considering her experience but what does surprise me is how quickly she can learn to be comfortable with things if her handler (aka her friends at the shelter) knows how to make her feel safe.

 

Yesterday, we just hung out in the offleash area at PAWS.  We worked on some agility and then hung out and "settled."  I love watching her run through that tube!