Second Outing with Gina...

Today was the second Outing with Gina. Good thing that I'm currently on vacation as it makes that much easier. When I got to the shelter I had a quick chat with on if the shelter employees. And I was going to try to put harness and leash on by myself. Walked up to her kennel and Gina was excited to see me. Gave her a couple of goodies before going into the kennel. I sat down right next to the wall in the kennel and let Gina come to me. At first she was a little hectic. But with some goodies she let me put on the harness pretty much without any trouble. That really surprised me. I let her eat several high quality goods out of the muzzle, always keeping in mind that this dog is guarding food. A few goodies more and showing some affection and Gina put her head on my knee and let me put on the muzzle. I was really surprised. Didn't expect to happen for that so quickly. But of course you could see, that she really didn't like that thing, but at least she let it happen. So I gave her lots of praise and some goodies while she was wearing the muzzle. Hopefully over time she will realize that the muzzle isn't necessarily something bad.
After that we went on our way. First up was the a short outing at one of the training enclosures. But nothing to strenuous, since Gina had recently broken on of her claws and had to have it pulled. Going out into the field was out of the questions as well, since it has recently rained and that area was pretty much soggy and muddy.
So I trained with her basic commands. I even removed the muzzle in the training enclosure and with a lot of patience and some coaxing she let me put it back on her.
Then we did some walks on the ground of the facility, but had to stay away from dirty & wet areas as good as possible. The last thing you want to do is to give her an infection. After I had hung out with her for about 1 1/2 hours I put Gina back in her kennel. Of course she got lots of attention for having been such a good girl. Again I gave her the last few pieces of the high quality goodies left in my bag, before heading back home.