We had a really huge wind storm a few weeks back. I had hay in the front that I'd unloaded but not gotten moved into the hay barn. I'd just thrown a tarp over it and planned to move it the next morning. The wind blew the tarp off, and it went flying. I looked for it for about 20 minutes and finally just figured it was gone.
Then this morning, our neighbors a few houses over came walking up carrying this tarp. He asked if it was ours, and I said it probably was the one that got blown away in the storm. It apparently ended up at his place somewhere. He passed it over the fence and Anya didn't even flinch. It wasn't folded or anything, just a big open tarp. I thanked him and went to go put it away. Then I realized that it would be a perfect opportunity to see how spooky she'd get about it.
Obviously it was okay with her coming over the fence. So I kinda waved it around and rattled it a bit, she didn't care. I laid it out on the ground and waited to see what she'd do. She went over and sniffed it, wasn't very interested and turned to walk away. I walked onto the tarp and she stopped and looked at me. I got her to come back toward me and then took a few steps backward. She put a foot on the tarp. It made that sound that tarps do, and she kinda looked down, but didn't move off. I backed up another step and she stood there. I took a few more steps back trying to get her to walk across the tarp to me.
She put the second foot on and still wasn't overly concerned. I walked back some more, turned around and kept going. She walked right across it with no problem. I turned her around and had her walk back onto the tarp and made her stop. She looked at me like I was a little strange. I made her turn on the tarp and it made its tarpy sounds and I swear she rolled her eyes at me. I let her go, she walked off. I picked up one corner and drug it around behind me and she followed me with no problem.
It's so amazing to see the progress in her. There are times like this that she just amazes me with her willingness and her nonchalance.
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