Nipples awoke the next morning to a warning shock from her collar, and scrambled to her hands and knees, still yawning. Apparently her collar was now her alarm clock as well. Still groggy, she stretched luxuriously; she had slept well curled up in her cozy cage, but was now eager to embark upon her next day of learning to be a dog. She vaguely remembered being upset, or having something close to a nervous breakdown, the evening before, but could not longer remember what it was about, so it must have been nothing that important. She did remember her owner's hugging her and telling her wonderful stories and comforting her, which had felt amazing. She was calm and relaxed now, though a little confused by her sudden craving for Mexican.
Uncertain about what the collar wanted her to do, she faced the door of the cage, and sat at attention. That proved to be correct. The cage's remote-controlled lock opened with a click, the door swung open, and her collar directed her forward, the jingle bell between her legs tinkling as she moved along on all fours. The collar guided her out of her former bedroom (now Carla's), down the hall, down the stairs, and out the back door. It was a beautiful morning, though just past dawn, far earlier than she usually got up, and the morning dew on the grass felt refreshing as she made her way through it. The collar's destination turned out to be a relatively secluded spot out of direct line of sight from the mansion's doors; this would apparently be where she relieved herself from now on.
Nipples did not care either way, since all her inhibitions about relieving herself in public had evaporated; but maybe her owners did not necessarily care to watch their mother relieve herself. She was a little surprised to have a gardening bot appear behind her as she finished, and clean her nether parts with jets of water, but she appreciated the hygiene. She had never been serviced by a mobile bidet before, and it was an unexpected luxury.
When the collar led her back into the mansion, she found bowls of water and food waiting for her, presumably set out by Gino. She discovered that the collar had firm ideas about canine table etiquette, and she was expected to gobble down her kibble as fast as she could, and then lick the bowl clean. Any attempt to lift her head from her bowl before she was finished elicited a warning shock. She ate alone; her owners were not yet up, but Gino and her collar were quite capable of caring for her indefinitely without any human intervention.
As soon as she was finished eating, her collar led her back outdoors, and she discovered that the day would be devoted to physical exercise to build up her muscles and endurance, as Carla had discussed with the vet. She was pleasantly surprised to find out that instead of robotically leading her back and forth for hours, the collar took her on a long, meandering route around the grounds, turning her at random, so she had a constantly changing view of the gardens and fountains. She soon worked up a sweat, but a pleasant breeze was blowing, and she realized to her surprise that she was having a great time. It was a good day to be a dog! All she had to do was keep plodding along with dogged determination. From time to time, she saw someone observing her from the mansion, but could not tell who it was at that distance.
It was strange how quickly she was getting used to being steered and controlled by her collar. After her initial fumbling, she was now turning as directed smoothly and instantly, obeying naturally without even thinking about it. She felt a thrill of pleasure at the thought of what a good dog she was becoming.
It was also a pleasant surprise that Gino and her collar, if not her owners, had taken note of the vet's admonition to allow her enough rest and water. She was walked until her muscles were burning, but then she did get a chance to lie under a shady tree and relax for a while, until she got her breath back and she could get up again. Her collar even allowed her to wander a bit on her own, relaxing her electric fence so she could explore and sniff around a bit within a certain radius of her rest area. She did do a little sniffing, though she was not sure where the impulse came from. It just seemed like the right thing to do.
She would gingerly explore her limits until she "bumped" into the sides of her electric fence with a warning buzz, but once she knew where she was allowed to go, it was fun to be able to look around on her own. And at least the collar did not seem to have any inclination to change the boundaries of her fence at random to torment her; she felt she could trust it.
She was tempted once or twice to pretend to be more exhausted than she was, so she could linger longer, but remembered that her collar's biometric sensors could tell exactly how tired she was, and would no doubt promptly punish any malingering. So, she did her best to enjoy her outing in the yard. The collar was even sensitive enough to tell when she needed to pee, and let her pause while she took care of that. A gardening bot carrying water would magically appear whenever she was dehydrated enough, and spurt water directly into her mouth. You couldn't beat that for service!
Nipples was not sure how many exercise and rest intervals she had gone through "off-leash" when Gino appeared. She looked hopefully up at him--was it time to fuck?--but Gino silently attached her leash to her collar, and then gave the other end to one of the gardening bots, which turned out to be a lawnmower. This change in her exercise routine puzzled her. Wasn't she going to be walked whether she was on the leash or not? She speculated that maybe it was just more entertaining for any watchers to see her pulled along, though the sight of her titties wobbling left and right as she moved should have been entertaining enough.
Obediently trundling along after the lawnmower, which was moving at a mere fraction of its normal pace (she knew that as time went by it, and she, would be moving faster and faster), she discovered that going back and forth and back and forth, varying from the pattern only to circumnavigate trees and other obstacles, was restful, if rather boring. At least she enjoyed the scent of freshly mown grass, and it was still nice to be out in the open air.
She realized after a while, though, that she actually was being taught something different. When it was just her and the collar, she was given a direction, and as long as she kept a reasonable pace, she could vary it slightly. On the leash, however, she had to surrender control completely, and follow the relentless, inexorable pace of the machine leading her, or suffer the consequences of not keeping up. All she had to do was obey and fall into a blissful routine of mindless submission. It was like a meditation, really, if the meditation were taking place against a constant background of sexual stimulation from the constant jingling and bouncing of your genital jewelry. And she was not just being exercised; she was being trained! What a good dog she was!