Muse & restaurant dog

June 20, 2008

I took Kruiser to my writer’s critique group--we met at Wick's family cabin near Evergreen--and he was fantastic. He mostly slept for the 4 hours we met and then when it was time for a walk with a few of the folks (including a couple of kids) he came along like a trooper. At first he hung out with the other two dogs on the walk, coming every time I called him, but then when Wick started to carry an elk backbone, Kruiser stuck close in hopes of chewing on the bone. He still makes so many people melt over his puppy face and laid back disposition.

We took Pat and Kruiser to dinner at a restaurant with a patio. Ed really got into “Ignore” practice. It took me awhile, but at last I realized it was because it finally gave him a way to legitimately feed the dogs at the table. (Fortunately, I was working with Kruiser and Ed was working with Pat. Kruiser had to wait a lot longer to get the food at the end of the ignore!)