Lightning Playing on a Balanced Rock
This is our adventurous
four month old Samoyed puppy BISS Am/Can Ch. Wolf River's Moonlight Ridge* (Lightning).
There is an amazing balanced rock that sits near our home. I have often thought
how wonderful it would be to photograph one of our dogs at the top.
Lightning is wearing a Royal Blue Trekker™ (now replaced by
the Reflector™) dog pack. Because he's so young,
his dog pack is empty and just for fun. Puppies should NEVER carry
weight until they are fully grown!
I
worked with my little buddy for a week with my "Rock" command using
tree stumps and low rocks to practice on. Basic click & treat rewards were
part of our program, whenever all four of his feet stood on the object I pointed
to. He was very comfortable standing atop this geologically doomed formation for
these photographs.
Here
he is at the top of a vertical cliff, surveying the valley hundreds of feet
below. The wind was gusting to 20 knots, moving his fur like grass on the
plains.