Max is such a neat dog. I mean, all shepherds are neat but he is definitely a dog who wants to work. Without direction he is a bit of a buffalo but I have been very impressed with his ability to focus over the last few days. If you watch him (especially if you just let him go in the house, oy) he seems inattentive, even chaotic. But once I put a pinch collar on him and started asking work from him he was very focused on me. A pinch collar works well with dogs like Max because on just his flat collar his leash handler is an after-thought. He is too strong and too busy to realize you're back there trying to talk to him. But with a pinch collar on he can better feel your cues and the correction is familiar enough to make sense to him.
We have introduced Heel and he pretty well gets that already. He is not sitting automatically yet but he is getting closer to sitting whenever we stop. We introduced Down and it still needs work. Come he actually has pretty well with a leash on. We will see how well it translates to when he is off leash with just his remote on.
I am looking forward to the next few weeks. He is going to be fun, I can tell.
We have introduced Heel and he pretty well gets that already. He is not sitting automatically yet but he is getting closer to sitting whenever we stop. We introduced Down and it still needs work. Come he actually has pretty well with a leash on. We will see how well it translates to when he is off leash with just his remote on.
I am looking forward to the next few weeks. He is going to be fun, I can tell.
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