I taught Eli to come when outside! One problem down many more to go

I have successful taught Eli to come when I call him in from outside. i have spent many times chasing Eli around the yard because he wouldn't come in and I would have someplace to be. By giving lots of praise everytime he came in when called and giving him a piece of cheese he now comes in pretty much every time I call him in from outside. One problem down, many more to go!

day 16 and bargain shopping

day 16
today: 2.85
total: 25.4 miles

So not do such a great job about keeping up with the running/walking. I did do yard work for about 50 minutes on friday, but find it hard to walk or run everyday. And with the hurricane coming and bringing rain I prob will not be able to walk outside for at least a couple of days. I have  a treadmill however it is upstairs and our upstairs is quite in the state of disray right now. We got some new furniture at an estate sale about a month ago and now are working on paintin, putting new trim up, taking staples out of the floor for when we tore the carpet up.

We got a 4 poster queen bed, 2 4 poster twin beds, a dresser, a liquor cabinet (looks like a dresser) a mirror and all this bedding (don't use that on our bed) and the 3 high end matresses that go with the beds for 760. It was from a bed and breakfast. All the furniture is antiques and it was the last day of the sale so we got a good deal.

We have been keeping Eli off the couch. However, otherwise need to work on the  dog training.

Went shopping yesterday and got some good deals- a mini candle for free from bath and body works and at JcPenny I got a pair of leggings (8 each), 3 baby outfits (2 dollars each), and two pair of underwear (2 dollars each) and then I had a 10 dollar coupon so got it all for 8 dollars. I always stock up on baby clothes when they are 2 dollars and under. People sometimes think I am nuts since we don't have kids yet, but for 1 or 2 dollars an outfit it is as cheap as garage sales and they are often marked down 90 percent are off. I have found these deals at Jcpenny, Kohls, walmart, and burlington coat factory when it was going out of business. I figure even if I don't use them I can practically make all my money back if I keep the tags on them and sell them at a garage sale. I have been buying a pretty equal amount of boys and girls ones. And they are great for baby shower gifts.

Goals Dog Training and Running

So we have a dog in need of some serious training- I did the stupid thing of picking the shelter puppy that was cowering in his crate the dog they say to never pick because they will have fear issues- but his brother was all over you biting and Eli was so calm and cuddly. Anyways he of course has major fear issues that have not gotten any  better and may have gotten worse. He has food aggressive problems, is afraid of men, barks at people walking and biking by our house (he is trained on an electric fence). He knows the commands sit, stay, shake, and come (but come only happens when he is inside and even then it is not always). The list of things we will be working on:
1. food and territory (territory is rare)  aggressiveness
2. coming when called outside
3.  greeting strangers
4. not barking at strangers
5. not playing biting
6. not jumping on strangers

The list two are not big problems and do not happen frequently. I am giving my self 50 days of dog training to see how many of these things he can make progress on before we have to hire a professional maybe? (note we did go to a dog trainer about his food aggressiveness for a 45 minute private session but only mildly helpful) also the 50 days are not going to be consecutive, hopefully i can stick to training at least 3-4 days a week 

Day 1: 15 minutes of working on coming inside and out and while playing did excellent with this however he was very sleepy because he just woke up from a nap so prob contributed to success

Goal 2 is 50 days of running to get to 100 miles which will be consecutive, but I don't have to run everyday I just have to reach 100 miles in 50 days. I am counting yesterdays run as day 1 because I thought of this idea during yesterdays run on like the first or 2nd loop.

So Day 1: 11.5 miles
Day 2. No running very sore
Total: 11.5