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For my pack, Eddie had a good first week at physical therapy (see video). It really helped to have a well-trained dog for some of the exercises. They had him walk over some 2" pieces of wood in a little course, and he took right to it with a "walk-it" command from agility. Then they had him go from sit to stand several times to get him to use both back legs equally. His obedience training came in handy there. The one challenge was the water treadmill. He's not much of a swimmer and dislikes bath time, so he worked all the angles trying to avoid doing what he was supposed to do. But by the end, he got a good low-impact workout in.

We took Jillie to a friend's house for dinner last night, and she behaved very well. Of course, she wanted to sniff every corner of the house and wandered into a back room a couple times, but I was pleased that she came running every time I gave her a "Jillie come" command. We also worked on some sits and downs over there to try to proof her skills.