As Max winds down his stay here with us he is giving us less and less to work on. He still makes mistakes, usually having to do with impulse control but he is getting more mindful every day. He still toils with a little bit of anxiety off the leash and so we are working to overcome that. This manifests itself in a tendency to try to hide when he makes a mistake. We are working on his understanding that he simply needs to try again instead of slinking off. He only did this once today and so I am sure that as this becomes his lifestyle his confidence will skyrocket.
Tomorrow we are taking his go-home video so that his owners can see what we want his training to look like. I do this because dogs, naturally, get a bit excited to see their people after two weeks and so I want to be able to show them what the training looks like when their dog is not beside themselves with joy.
Max is a fun dog and I think that as we build up his confidence more and more that he will settle into an impressive adult dog.
Tomorrow we are taking his go-home video so that his owners can see what we want his training to look like. I do this because dogs, naturally, get a bit excited to see their people after two weeks and so I want to be able to show them what the training looks like when their dog is not beside themselves with joy.
Max is a fun dog and I think that as we build up his confidence more and more that he will settle into an impressive adult dog.
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