Jasper is coming right along. We aren't ready to take the leash off yet but he has been introduced to his remote collar and understands it well. I am able to walk him with just his remote and his leash and flat collar without any incident unless he gets very distracted and then he needs reminders that he needs to stay by me.
He has a funny habit of laying down instead of sitting when we stop. I'm trying to correct this but laying down really seems to be his default so it may be something that his family needs to continue to work on when he goes home next week. Hopefully I can break that habit though. Tomorrow or the next day I am going to switch him to a long-line check cord and start asking more self-restraint from him. I hope to have the leash off by Sunday or Monday. In the house he has been trying very hard to be polite. He is too big to rough house with Ace in the house so he practices self-restraint a LOT inside with varying degrees of success but every day is better! He's a sweet guy and he is working hard. Right now he is playing with a balloon my daughter was throwing around. Maybe he will pop it and learn something about playing with toys gently. :)
He has a funny habit of laying down instead of sitting when we stop. I'm trying to correct this but laying down really seems to be his default so it may be something that his family needs to continue to work on when he goes home next week. Hopefully I can break that habit though. Tomorrow or the next day I am going to switch him to a long-line check cord and start asking more self-restraint from him. I hope to have the leash off by Sunday or Monday. In the house he has been trying very hard to be polite. He is too big to rough house with Ace in the house so he practices self-restraint a LOT inside with varying degrees of success but every day is better! He's a sweet guy and he is working hard. Right now he is playing with a balloon my daughter was throwing around. Maybe he will pop it and learn something about playing with toys gently. :)
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