Matilda's loosin' it

Hey everybody.

So today, mom got me all groomed and prettied up. I had no clue why until we had a visitor this afternoon. In walks this man, and Matilda was all excited like she had seen him before. Wel come to find out, he was a trainer from her school. Well of course I started imediatly wonderin' what on earth he was doin' here. I've had a trainer from my school come out when mom and I were havin' some problems. Awe! Matilda! You better start behavin'. I've seen her in harness y'all and she like afraid to walk. What on earth! Winston says I shouldn't laugh. But afraid to go forward? Shoot! So, we harnessed up and went out. Mom brought me because sometimes if Matilda won't go around something, I have to go to show the blessed thing that it's ok to go around a trash can. Cuz you know, those trash cans can be pretty scary. Shoot I almost got eaten by one one time. Yes, I'm bein' the queen of sarkasm here. Well, mom and I stayed back so the trainer could see exactly what Matilda was doin'. If you ask me, she was bein' a total baby! My Rachel, shoot you're doin' fine with her I think. But the trainer must have given some good advice, because she started gettin' better along the walk. She gets a lot of food rewards though. That ain't fair! Mom was givin' me food rewards last summer when I was havin' dog distraction issues, but I got better at it, and now she just gives me praise again. I wasn't trained with food rewards but boy it is not fair when I see Matilda get a treat. And for what? For crossin' a street? Shoot I do that all the time and just get a good girl! What's Matilda got to be afraid of! I mean it! my Rachel caries around a special pouch just loaded with food that she gives that dog! Shoot! Anyway, it was so hot outside and after a super long walk, we came back to crash. The man said a few more things to the humans, I drank almost a whole bowl of water and sulked because Matilda got food and I didn't. Shoot if I act all afraid and stuff will I get food then? Not much else goin' on around here. Mom cleaned off her balcony finally and got the fountain all cleaned out. So now we been sittin' out there a lot. I love layin' on the balcony watchin' everyone go by. Matilda's a dork and wants to bark at people so she has to be put inside. I just laugh. Dog can't even control herself. Shoot just enjoy the scenery! Winston keeps sayin' be nice, but I'm sorry, I just can't resist. Well, I'll be back later all, hope all my readers are behavin'. I'm off to bug mom cuz I gotta go out.

Reba the dog.