Ava in Pink Walking Attire

Ava, the golden doodle next door, has a new harness for walks, and also a new short haircut after a visit to the groomer today. Training Ava not to pull on her leash while being walked around the block has been a challenge, and both Barb and Norm have worked persistently on this. But Barb says that by the second day, Ava had stopped pulling and just prances along now on their daily tour of our block. We'll get to try it out next week when Ava comes to our house for a short visit. Ava posed for this photo and showed off her new accomplishment: sit and stay without her leash....in the safety of our back yard! (Actually that look of concentration is really straining to see if there is going to be a treat involved, I think.)