After our week of camping out, we returned home to a dry, dry garden and yard. The bees suffered for the lack of rain. With no nectar being produced, they had to eat the honey that I would normally rob. So I didn't have much honey for the farmers market. But with all the rain coming in now, hopefully they will get going again. Also, my brown turkey figs are starting to come in and with the rain making them swell and split the bees will have lots of food.
Training is going nicely with Pearl the pup. I got a book by Karen Pryor the famous dolphin trainer, called "Reaching the Animal Mind". This is a great book about clicker training and it has an accompanying website with videos to watch. My favorite is the "Happy Ferret Dance". Pearl loves clicker training. Currently we are working on "roll over", "go" and "stand". The stand is at a distance. This could save her life one day if she gets across a road.
Also, we joined United Blood Trackers. This is a non-profit group for people training their dogs to blood trail wounded game. We worked mock blood trails while on vacation and Pearl did really well even after the kids ran over the trail with 4 wheelers. We might go to the GON Outdoor Blast and help man the booth depending on what else is going on. Hubby's birthday comes first!
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