Well sweet Roland goes home tomorrow. His owners will be tasked with the job of maintaining his obedience. He is still very young and so he will have lots of opportunities for his owners to communicate to him the right things to do. The important thing is that they back it up. If they don't want him to jump up on people then he is never allowed to jump up. If he is not allowed to pull on the leash then even when the best smell ever is in his nose he is not allowed to pull. These strict rules for him now mean he will get to enjoy more freedoms as he gets older.
He has done well with his training and is responsive if he thinks his handler means it. He can smell a pushover a mile away and he will break out those hound dog puppy eyes and lay it on THICK if he thinks someone will let him out of work. But he knows his commands and when he is on point he is just the sweetest little dude with all of his new skills.
I will miss this guy. Right now he is teaching us the song of his people in his kennel while we get everyone else put to bed and there is nothing like the melodic yodel of a beagle voice in the house. I hope his family is proud of him. I know I am! Good job, Roland!
He has done well with his training and is responsive if he thinks his handler means it. He can smell a pushover a mile away and he will break out those hound dog puppy eyes and lay it on THICK if he thinks someone will let him out of work. But he knows his commands and when he is on point he is just the sweetest little dude with all of his new skills.
I will miss this guy. Right now he is teaching us the song of his people in his kennel while we get everyone else put to bed and there is nothing like the melodic yodel of a beagle voice in the house. I hope his family is proud of him. I know I am! Good job, Roland!
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