Our New Years Resolutions

Cleo and I have been together for almost three months! So much has changed from when I first got her, and she is so much calmer and is a very happy dog! However, there are some things that I am going to have both of us work on for the new year. Here is my list!

Off Leash Manners

For obvious reasons (living in the city) Cleo doesn't have that great of off leash manners. We need to work on some sort of hard recall that has her come no matter what interesting thing she has found to smell.

Skijoring as a whole

I need to get better at cross country skiing and being more confident about stopping on my own and gaining speed on my own. Whenever I am nervous Cleo can tell and takes advantage of it! Cleo also needs to learn her voice commands better, and not veer off to the side every time she smells something yummy!

Learn some new silly tricks!

Cleo knows 'whisper', lay down, and roll over and that is about it. For some reason tricks seem to make people think that a dog is smart and well behaved (they don't, I know plenty of stupid bad dogs that can do tricks) but it would be fun to work on a few more.

Go on More Walks!

This is one for me more than Cleo. We go on a walk twice a day, but they are typically a short 'go to the bathroom Cleo' sort of walk. I enjoy walks about as much as she does so I should go on more! I got a backpack for her for Christmas, so I can have her carry my water and stuff!