Sure footing

I think I have mentioned that Riva likes jumping but he also likes climbing. He's delightfully sure footed and not reckless but he clearly enjoys climbing and balancing in different places. Before he came I had planned that I would build some small obstacles, a ramp, a teeter and such for him to practice safely moving on different sufaces but never got around to it. Well, seems like there is no need for them either, he has been very creative at finding his own strange surfaces to practice on :-). Tilting, slippery, rough, rustling or creaking, you name it, he's fine with everything. Like the shaky pile of old insulation boards that creaked and tilted, moving tarp that I was trying to straighten on the lawn and much more. A very good quality for a future SAR dog I think. We'll have to see if we can do some rubble pile work after all eventhough that is not very likely to be relly needed in our area.

The plans to build an outside kennel are also finally progressing! Dad and I drove to Kuopio on Saturday to go get some posts and chainlink fence and if we can get a excavator for next weekend we'll be putting the fences up. And it only took two years talking about it to my father ;-).