Scarlet is SO CLOSE to being off-leash officially. She is still a little flighty and I don’t trust her recall quite enough yet. We have done some Heel work and other close obedience work without a leash but she was acting nervous and skittish today so I didn’t let her run long without a leash on. I want her turn around to be a little sharper when I call her and for her instinct to be to return to her handler if something startled her (at this point she runs to the car which won’t do). The work she did do off-leash today was fine. She broke command a couple times when she got nervous but she was easy to get back. For some reason she was extremely nervous when I took the leash off. Possibly she was unsure what to do with herself. We will try again tomorrow. With practice she will get more sure of herself. She worked hard today and tomorrow we will see if we can let her really enjoy some off-leash running time. For now she is curled up by my chair, snoring.
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