For Jamie...

At the request of Jamie, I decided to write about Casey's new toy. Casey decided to purchase a training collar for the dogs. It is one of the craziest things you have seen. Unfortunately, I did not get any pictures of the dogs learning from "stimulation," but you will definitely get the idea. Casey of course wants his dogs to be the best at everything, so we are training them like hunting dogs. Aspen is of course smarter than Kodi, being a girl and all, so she is learning quickly. But enough of my dog is smarter than his, let me explain what happens. We put the collar around the dogs' waist and say, "sit." Well, both dogs know sit, but sit is supposed to mean stay as well in the hunter's vocabulary. So, here we are in the front yard with a bright orange collar around Aspen's waist getting her to sit as soon as the command is stated and she does not move a step after. She almost just walks around dragging her butt, which is a humorous sight to see. The dogs don't seem to mind it, but I can't seem to get it out of my mind that we press a button and it sends "stimulation" to them. We basically have a remote control shock collar.
On a side note, Minnesota is treating us very well. This weekend was beautiful! It was so funny to wake up on Saturday morning, and everyone is outside. For the first time, we met our neighbors when we took the dogs on a walk around the neighborhood. We are looking forward to more of the warm weather that should be coming our way in the next two months!!