The Lord of the Rain has decided to take a break today after some "heavy" work for 3 weeks. I took Moby and Merlin to the beach, hoping that Moby will teach Merlin some appropiate social skills. Moby is a good teacher, teaching Merlin how to be a "Man" - bring home the food.
He showed Merlin how to find "dead" fish in the water under the sea weed. He carried it in his mouth to show off. Being young and ambitious, Merlin grabbed it from Moby's mouth and showed me.
I held out a treat and told Merlin to "drop", so he did. I kicked it back into the water and started walking again. Merlin followed, Moby went back into the water to pick up that fish again. I made him "drop" and again kicked it back into the water. I grabbed Moby by his collar and walked a few yards before I let go of him.
On our way back, Moby again went into the water and found the same fish. He showed it to Merlin, who grabbed it from him and started to run. I yelled "DROP ". Merlin ran into the water, dropped the fish in it, came back to me for his treat. (First time can be a fluke). During the meantime, Moby found a second fish. Merlin charged after Moby, took that fish, ran into the water, dropped it and came to me again for his treat. ( Got to be kidding).
There wasn't a third time to test Merlin because Moby was back on his leash all the way to the van.
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