We took Mississippi to the Sellwood Off Leash Dog Park this morning. It is fenceless. It’s our very first attempt at taking her off leash without the security of fences. She did great! She went down to the beach a couple times, which is not an off leash area, but we got her to come back up to the grassy area pretty easily. I was so nervous at first but she was very good. She didn’t jump on anyone and she played nice with the other dogs.
Mississippi has also started fetching all of a sudden. Today was day three of her playing fetch like a pro. She loves it. She brings the ball right back to us and drops it in exchange for a treat. Once today she even started veering off course on her return because some other dogs were chasing each other. But I whistled for her and she corrected her course and came right back to us. This is such an exciting new development. It means we’ll be able to take her to open areas and let her play off leash. She never runs from us and almost always comes back on the first call.
Go Mississippi! You are so amazing. I wish I’d taken footage of her fetching, she runs like the wind. Next time.
