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Last night Fergus and I tested for Canine Good Citizen and missed it by one. Kind of a big one though: reaction to another dog. We were paired up with a little dog who barked his little head off at Fergus and Fergus got out of his down/stay to lunge at him. I wasn't paying attention like I should have. It was 92 degrees/high humidity, so not a great night. I felt bad and then realized how well we did on the rest of it. He does react to other dogs on our walks, not all the time, but enough to know that he needs more work in that area. He has done that exercise with no reactions before, but it's definitely a weak area for him. The trainers suggested that a few sessions of doggie daycare would be beneficial for him to interact with other dogs. I thought about it and think I will do that, he's on leash all the time and it would be good for him. They work with the dogs and can give me more insight on him.
I love training and obedience classes. In four months I have gone from having Fergus pulling my arms off on a walk, to being able to loose leash walk him on a flat collar. We've been transitioning from the Gentle Leader to the flat collar in the past eight weeks. In the past two weeks, he has been wonderful on a flat collar. Actually, I finally caught on to how to walk him with the flat collar, it took longer to train me than him. So we are going to take some more advanced classes, but we can still take the test again in eight weeks or so with the next group testing. I know we can make this next one and will have earned it, instead of just squeaking by with being lucky.
I love training and obedience classes. In four months I have gone from having Fergus pulling my arms off on a walk, to being able to loose leash walk him on a flat collar. We've been transitioning from the Gentle Leader to the flat collar in the past eight weeks. In the past two weeks, he has been wonderful on a flat collar. Actually, I finally caught on to how to walk him with the flat collar, it took longer to train me than him. So we are going to take some more advanced classes, but we can still take the test again in eight weeks or so with the next group testing. I know we can make this next one and will have earned it, instead of just squeaking by with being lucky.
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