Clashing spirits

An example of clashing restless spirits today. Maya and I met up with our neighbor with the rotweillers tonight and I let Maya free to run and play, but things got very rough with one of the rots. Maya was running like crazy and coming back to them brushing by them with lightning speed and the bigger, older rot got angry. Maybe he was upset because he was on his leash and couldn't run free.But his owners said it was Maya's instinct to run that way but the rots' instinct to herd and control. Ah ...the restless spirit issue we discussed in my dog training class.

I had to grab Maya, who hunkered down in fear when the big rot aggressively pinned her to the ground, and I put her back on her leash. The wet weather might be making them all a little cranky.

Below are some of the photos I couldn't upload the other night. Maya the water dog:

Maya needs to be off leash, and she's been such a good dog about coming back to me. Still going to dog training and I think we will for a good while. She's too smart a dog to ignore training her. Plus I met a guy one day with a German short-haired pointer who does field trials with his dog. Maybe I'll try that with Maya.