I'm aware that you have not been kept up to date with progress with the SMD. She is nine months old now, and still looks like a 12 week Labrador, which produces lots of squeals of delight when we meet people. She enjoys tearing about at high speed; rushing through undergrowth; jumping; and throwing herself headlong into water. She enjoys the boat, and the Magic Bus, and is a very relaxed traveller and good companion.
We were up the woods this monring, and she was about her usual business of trying to catch rabbits and birds. One bird flew out in front of her, and up a tree. The only way you're going to catch that, I said, is by climbing the tree. Undaunted she threw herself up the trunk of this beech tree. It was only when she was about six feet up the tree, and our eyes grew level, that she realised that she was a dog, and therefore can't climb trees. She came down even quicker than she went up.
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My brother has a dog (a German pointer/Australian shepherd mix) who did the same thing while chasing a squirrel as a puppy. Ever since then he's decided that he enjoys running up trees, and he's gotten well above head-height before. Once he hits the top of his climb/jump, he latches onto the tree trunk that he's attacking, and sits there biting at the base of it when he drops back down. It's actually pretty hilarious to watch, although it's probably not healthy for the tree or for his teeth :p Good luck with your girl; hopefully she doesn't turn the tree-climbing thing into a habit too :p
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