I do hope so Simon. It will be so good to meet your two (and you/your family of course) and walk Bob with other dogs. The main problem has been to overcome his over-excitement which turns his brain to candy-floss and makes him completely deaf where commands are concerned. He is now listening for commands and watching my right knee so that he knows which direction we are going instead of trying to take me where he wants to go and he actually seems to be enjoying his walks more. It certainly must be more comfortable to him as he has no pressure from his lead or collar. He gets back in the house and is wagging his tail like mad and strutting around oh so proud of himself. He hasn't lost his mischevious spirit at all but is behaving when he needs to.Simon wrote:That is fab news - maybe we will get our Staffordshire Lab Walk! Keep going!
Simon
The big test will be on Sunday when we always bump into two black labs coming in the other direction. The first time we met them post-training was last Sunday and Bob was much better than the previous week though he couldn't quite ignore them. Their owners must think I am completely bonkers as I went through all the "Bah"ing process turned round briefly to say "Training" by way of explanation and then when Bob and I were going back home, we saw the same dogs again so I sat Bob behind our gate and waited for them to pass ready to shout "Bah" and squirt water in front of him. They will probably walk their dogs in Rudyard this week to escape from the nutcase in Rushton!
The strange thing is that if Bob is in the garden he never barks, growls, whines or gets over-excited when people, dogs or horses go past.