Maitri Day 2

Another good day for Maitri. We are still doing some refresher training bringing his known commands up to snuff. We had a lot of rain today and so we spent some time inside working on Down/Stay and when we got a break from the rain we ran outside to get some of his other commands practiced. We started him transitioning to off-leash today by using a 20' leash for all of his commands. He did pretty well but he had a hard time staying where he belongs with the Heel command. He kept floating forward and trying to walk in front. But a few corrections followed by chin scratches was all it took to get him to choose to walk where he belongs. He also struggled with Down from the Front where I stand in front of him at a distance greater than 6' and tell him to lay down. He is supposed to lay down where I've parked him but instead he really really wants to lay on my feet and so I would have to stop him when he got up and move him back to where I had originally placed him. He got it eventually but he was pretty pouty about it.
All in all, Maitri is doing fantastic for day 2. We will continue to push him tomorrow and work him some more on that long leash. I feel like he will be ready to transition to his remote trainer here in the next day or two.