Weekend Fun

This past weekend we had a pleasure to attend a workshop presented by Amelia D. Compton, Ph.D.  Amy's workshop is always interesting whether we talk about dog behavior or human. This weekend we were learning about different personality types.
During brakes we goofed around a bit. What would bunch of people who train dogs do if you have a bouncy labradoodle and a mastiff?:-) Eric had decided to teach Murphy to jump over Sherpa the mastiff. Here is how he did it:
First, he taught Murphy how to jump over the jump-stick ( no pictures, sorry).
Then, he used the stick to show Murphy how to jump over Sherpa.

Then, the jump-stick goes away:

After Murphy was comfortable jumping over Sherpa without the stick present, Eric was able to do a breakaway:

After that we had some more fun teaching Murphy to jump over multiple dogs:

Mozart had fun of his own. He and Ben - two jolly-ball crazy boys were chasing the ball over the mulch pile.

Mozart also enjoyed splashing in the baby pool: