I ordered some new flexi-buckets and decided to give Fina the new scary purple
one. Of course I should have prepared properly, introduced her to it & put
it inside the old one first time but by the time I thought of that, it was a
long way back to the house, and who would have thought it would be such a big
deal. It was quite funny how suspicious she found it even when she could smell
the food, she turned away and ran off. However, as that afternoon we had been
doing Touch it (sending her to put her nose on objects) I was able to send her
to the bucket - just shows how useful all these ground games are! Must say they
are nice buckets, wish I'd ordered more than two. Her expression says it all
here - still looking slightly offended, sensitive little soul. (Photo to follow)
Another
recent purchase which I haven't yet done much with is a big green ball; I got it
out the other day and introduced Fina to it, also part of our Touch it games. It
wasn't nearly as scary as a new bucket! She had a good lick then followed it
around and we got as far as her kicking it before I realised I was going to
need a flat, enclosed area until I had trained her to go fetch it from the
bottom of the sloping field. 
