WHO: Ben Braeden, Lindsey McDonald WHERE: Dog park WHEN: Wednesday, May 24, 2006; late afternoon [backdated] WHAT: Researching! RATING: TBD STATUS: thread; in-progress NOTES: May assignment.
In the several weeks since Ben had gotten Jack – known as Whiskey On The Rocks only formally – the puppy had gained in both height and weight, as well as stubbornness. Everyone from his dad to his grandparents had talked, often, about the need for Jack to be trained, but they all seemed to want to let him be the one to take charge of it – responsibility and stuff like that – so Ben had gotten a bunch of stuff from the internet and set out to teach Jack how to be obedient until they could take some kind of class together.
He insisted on the dog park after school often now, and his dad and Claire were currently camped out on a bench a distance off while Ben worked with the puppy. To Ben's mind, if Jack saw other dogs behaving, he'd get the idea he should probably do that too.
Needless to say, Ben didn't know nearly enough about puppy attention spans.
"Jack! Dude, get back here right now!" he called as he got to his feet and chased after the puppy, who, bored with this 'sit' concept, was making a beeline for another man and his dog.