Maya had at least one great day this Fourth of July weekend. Saturday we went to a despedida (goodbye party) for friends who are moving back to Mexico. It was at David's house in the woods. At first I tied Maya up with Kobu on her 30-foot cable, just like Kobu's, and they had a great time. But once I noticed they had unleashed Kobu I decided to give Maya her chance. She did superbly. She never left the yard except the one time David and I were close to the road, looking at his flower garden. Then Maya wandered onto his road, though it's sparsely traveled and she came back with I called her. It was a nice party, even through to the fire pit after dark, though I'm suffering terribly from the mosquito bites, despite repellent. Maya was just one more well-behaved guest with us. I gave Kobu and Maya each a CET chew I get from the vet and Kobu got right protective of his when Maya got too near when he was gnawing away.
It was a great party. Will miss our friends. Have to get Maya up there more often this summer. Today we went to a local dog park. The dogs can run free in the enclosed fence but the grounds is all wood chips and it's not the most attractive place I've seen to run your dog. Plus Maya started to run like crazy, the ways she likes to do once in a while to burn off energy, and an older female dog made her stop. I think Maya's running made her nervous. It's not my favorite place to take her.
I also let her loose in the yard this evening, at Meche's insistence, and scolded Maya when she went toward the deck stairs or toward the opening near the retaining wall. She responded well. She fetched a ball for a while and didn't run off. But later I had to scooper her up literally as she was in the act of jumping the gate! That was it for the night .
She was really good during dinner, though. I fed her just before and while she nosed around seeing if anyone would feed her, she gave up easily and just laid down at our feet while we caught the end of the Peru-Uruguay soccer match for the America's cup.
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