Dexter Board and Train day 10

Well today is Dexter's last day of training. He has done really well and I am proud of him. His off-leash obedience is pretty good, not perfect. Every so often he tries to get out of work by feigning deafness or laying down under a tree. A correction is enough to fix his hearing problem and get him to rally. For the most part though, he is willing and happy to work and loves the praise he gets for it. In the house the collar has been instrumental in stopping his thieving behavior and he has rocked a down stay during breakfast for the past couple of days. 
One funny thing that is going on is that he has become a little scared of my back yard. I don't know if it is because something spooked him out there (probably Kylie who is much bigger than him and who likes to lurk out of sight and body slam other dogs in play) or if is smells funny or what. But I have been walking out into the grass with him so he can potty or else he just wants to stay on the deck with me, which I don't mind but sometimes, Dexter, you just need to poop.
Today he gets the morning off as my car has an appointment at the car doctor but this afternoon we will take a nice walk and make a trip out to the farm for a run around. He has come to really like the farm and he gets excited when we turn to go over the dam, but he stays put in the back hatch of the car like a good boy!