Bursting with pride

tootsmazza · Enlightened One

Bursting with pride

moptop · Master

Oh well done Marie for taking the plunge, it's always a bit scary !
What a good boy Mason was coming back.

No wonder you are a proud Mummy !
Marian. biggrin

Isla · Enlightened One

That's great. He'll be delighted at getting off for a gallop. Tigger is enjoying her spells off the lead - even if it is only in a field at the moment.

What a clever boy - long may it continue.

emma · Guru

Marie,
Well done you and Mason. I so enjoyed reading about your little adventure as we went on our own on a weeks holiday (last week). We walked to a deserted (ish) bit of beach in North Norfolk but could still see people in the distance (we couldn't tell if there were dogs present unfortunately). As there were big wooden sea defence groins in place we had limited vision. In the end we chickened out as I had forgotten the muzzle.
He went in the sea though and had an amazing time.We walked miles around the coast.

I have some great pics of us but cannot get them to work on here.

Well done Mason
Em and Chad xx

Leolurcher · Master

Great news Emma and Mason I can almost feel the "bursting with pride" from here. Before I got Hazel the beardie lurcher as a companion for Flash the beddie lurcher I toyed with the idea of offering to rehome a grey and went through in my head loads and loads of times how I would handle the introduction to off lead stuff. I wasn't terribly sure if I could cope with training a full sighthound and so from me.....heaps of gold stars and loads of admiration to all of you that take on adult sighthounds or sighthound/sighthound xs and work so hard to be able to give them the off lead freedom to run.
Love to all
Eleanor Flash and Hazelxxxxx

feldandjack · Guru

WAHOO, Mason has come to his senses. It must have been awfy scary watching him bolt off, but it would have been worth it just to see him run back. Wish I'd been there, we could have all gone for a drink to celebrate. We could send Mason to get the drinks, safe in the knowledge he will come back wink

skydivingturtle · Master

Well done. Your heart must have been in your mouth when he tore off into the distance but I can imagine it would have been bursting with pride right enough when he started heading back to you.

Santas Little Helper · Master

Well done to the pair of you. Sounds like Mason had a blast - did you manage to get any photos?

max · Enlightened One

That is terrific news Marie no wonder your " your bursting with pride". It was the same for me the first time I let Cas off, my heart was in my mouth but she came back. The beach is perfect for that as you are away from cars and there is less chance of small furries running around. Keep up the good work. biggrin

Nora

Christine Young · GAL Newsletter Editor

You've every right to be proud Marie! And I'll bet Mason is pleased with himself too. I can remember letting Vegas off-lead for the first time - I was so nervous he wouldn't come back, but he did. Well done!

Christine

tootsmazza · Enlightened One

Santas Little Helper wrote:

Well done to the pair of you. Sounds like Mason had a blast - did you manage to get any photos?

I took my camera but was so caught up in watching him running up and down the beach I didn't get any shots

Fully intend to capture it next time tho!
Marie

abbey · Old Hand

Awwww, well done you both..its a fab feeling when it all comes together like that. Congrats. biggrin

Indiana · Guru

Mason is such a star! Well done Marie for taking the leap of faith. It is such a nerve-wracking moment when you see them disappear over the horizon - but such a thrill when they come speeding back

Nicki · Big Cheese

Well done Marie, have you been taking bravery pills wink

.Mason what a star you are. Marie a very well earned result, especially after all his other , shall we say little escapades. biggrin

A huge well done to you both.

Nicki and wee Janie.x

tootsmazza · Enlightened One

Nicki wrote:

Well done Marie, have you been taking bravery pills .Mason what a star you are. Marie a very well earned result, especially after all his other , shall we say little escapades.

A huge well done to you both.

Nicki and wee Janie.x

Nicki, I had intended to take a friend for moral support but in the end realised I had to do it alone and, to be honest, I think the fact it was just us two made him more focussed.
It was very scary tho not having back up. Just goes to show GAL matched me with the right dog wink

Katie · Master

Well done Mason, what a clever lad,

and well done to you Marie for having the courage to keep persevering with him.

I remember the first time we let Dust off lead, after several failed attempts previously, I was ill just thinking about it, but it was such a joy to see him running around free with other dogs, or just going off and doing his own thing.

Rowen · Master

Well done to you both, it is very scary to do for the first time, i let rowen off the lead at the palace grounds park in hamilton, there are lots of dogs there, all sizes, but he never wanders far from my side and always trotts off with the kids, he's a plesure and i'm sure you'll have many more proud days out,
Rowen

Isla · Enlightened One

How goes it - Mason had any more spells of freedom?

I tried Tigger in a new field this evening (with much shorter grass and fewer reeds) and she had a ball. Even better was the fact that she was as good as gold - behaved like she normally does. It's such a joy to see her getting some freedom and running about like a dafty. aww

tootsmazza · Enlightened One

Isla wrote:

How goes it - Mason had any more spells of freedom?

I tried Tigger in a new field this evening (with much shorter grass and fewer reeds) and she had a ball. Even better was the fact that she was as good as gold - behaved like she normally does. It's such a joy to see her getting some freedom and running about like a dafty.

Karen, I'm planning another go this weekend at Yellowcraigs. The plan is to make it a Sunday thing there til we see how he goes at the same place.
Keep fingers crossed it wasn't a one-off wink

Either way I feel much more relaxed about the whole thing now!
Marie

tootsmazza · Enlightened One

Well round two at Yellowcraigs today and this time we had friends to run with. Mason had a ball, racing around like a loon and was, again, I thought, pretty good off the lead. Unfortunately we had to curtail our adventure when he managed a head-on collision with the only dog bigger than him, Tara, at speed.
Poor Mason, my heart was in my mouth as he stood stock still wailing until I reached him. Thankfully it appears to be nothing more than bruising and shock. He managed to limp back to the car and is crashed out on the sofa just now. I'm pretty sure he's going to feel it in the morning tho...ouch!
Thanks to Nora and the gang for tailoring the walk around Mason, can't wait to try again.
Here's a brief snatch of Mason leading the chase with Tara hot on his
heels. hopefully next time I'll get more on camera.

feldandjack · Guru

OOOOOPS! Tara is a whole lotta woman, for any man. wink

I hope Mason is feeling better. Tara chased Cara on one of Noras walks, Cara ran through a group of people with dogs on leads, she's thin and so just jumped between the folk, Tara being a bit larger, got a bit tied up. It's great to see Mason and Tara running, I can't wait for the next walk. I hope you're cooling Masons head with a soft ice pack and feeding him nice treats, he is a man after all and he'll need nursing biggrin

Michelle · Master

well done marie & mason! Glad Mason did so well it's really hard sometimes to try new things like that. Are you still going to the links in the morning? My partner has been walking Jet whilst I had a morning job but we have been out and about again!