Well this weather has been no help but we finally got Jasper out to the farm for some proper off-leash work. He did well! A little sloppy at first and when he gets distracted it's easy for him to completely lose focus and then you have to correct him back to you but overall he has done well. We still struggle with laying down instead of sitting but he parks it well at least. I'll continue to encourage him to sit when told to instead of laying down.
One thing we may not have time for is a walk down town. The ice really threw a wrench in the gears of that plan because even if the sidewalks are treated the city does not always use pet-safe chemicals to melt the ice and I don't want to irritate his feet. We'll see if it happens. If it doesn't we may do that during a follow up lesson instead.
Jasper is still very much a puppy but he is much more responsive and easy to control now. His collar helps greatly with keeping him on task and the goal is that he needs it less and less. But if we can be vigilant for the time being he will graduate from needing it faster than if we only use it occaisionally. Tomorrow we are back at the farm for some more off-leash work.
One thing we may not have time for is a walk down town. The ice really threw a wrench in the gears of that plan because even if the sidewalks are treated the city does not always use pet-safe chemicals to melt the ice and I don't want to irritate his feet. We'll see if it happens. If it doesn't we may do that during a follow up lesson instead.
Jasper is still very much a puppy but he is much more responsive and easy to control now. His collar helps greatly with keeping him on task and the goal is that he needs it less and less. But if we can be vigilant for the time being he will graduate from needing it faster than if we only use it occaisionally. Tomorrow we are back at the farm for some more off-leash work.
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