While we love our Chicago SociaBulls walking group for so many reasons, I've just realized one new reason: it really forces us to 'change it up'.
Sure we take our pups on several daily walks, and even though we try to vary up the route I still know which patch of grass Miss M will gravitate towards and which curb Mr. B will leap over.
Our new walking locations mix it up for all of us and present new challenges.
Mainly goose poo.
Miss M is so obsessed with goose poo, she has been treating every walk like a buffet.
We spend most of our walk toggling between practicing check-ins with me, with really good eye-contact, to remembering the plethora of goose poo in the grass and lunging her entire body weight towards it.
And I do make sure to bring treats that should taste better than goose poo.
The one positive side-effect is she is now really good at practicing her check-ins on our daily walks where there is no threat of goose poo.
Though it's still a work-in-progress on our SociaBulls walks.
Anyone else have any success dealing with goose poo?
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Plus, join our Chicago SociaBulls Facebook page for more photos and information about group walks. And check out the Hikabull page where we first learned about the benefits of group walking.
