I figured with mountain biking, possiblity of a long term relationship, week long camping trips out of state, and boating/restore my life wasn't complicated enough so I figured it would be a good time to become a foster home for the German Shepherd Rescue group in my area. The next day I got a phone call about a female Dutch Shepherd that needed a place to stay for awhile...so she came home with me last night. She seems like an ok dog, but not as well socialized as mine. She doesn't know how to share the ball with JerryLee and actually attacked him for it, but she also seems to see me as the pack leader and hasn't challenged my authority....in other words all I have to do is say no and fighting for the ball instantly stops. I am surprised at how smart she is. Supposedly she was trained for personal protection and has this list of commands that look to be dutch for sit, stay, down, come, etc... Well, JerryLee is knows english sit, stay, down, come, etc and hand signals. So far Diva is putting two and two together to understand that this hand signal means down because when I do it JerryLee goes down so she mimics his behavior and then figures it out and follows the command before he does the second time around. Cool dog, but this is a lot of work and right now I really want to get the motor out of my boat.
It's like the guys at the lake say "it looks good from 5 feet away". My boat will be very solid, able to last many years, be used nearly year round, but "it looks good from 5 feet away" is what I am shooting for on the outside and inside. If I can do 1/10th as good with perfection as the omega guys did with perfection I will be happy.
