Hello all,
On Tuesday, we did the route in town two more times in preparation for
our solo on Wednesday morning. Both times went excellent; the instructor
said Navajo and I looked excellent together.
Tuesday evening we got are dog's new harnesses. We had been using old
training harnesses up until this point. These new harnesses are brand
new; the leather is stiff and new until the oil from their skin and my
hands from use gets worked into them.
Wednesday morning was a clear, beautiful morning. We worked through the
route at a steady pace, working flawlessly. He ignored the dog
distraction totally, so much so there he just stopped and held his
ground until he could pass it by. Kris, the instructor, had warned me he
might get hit on the nose by the driver of the car doing the traffic
check because he was so confident he wasn't always fully stopping (not a
bad thing, they just like to see them fully stop at a safe distance at
this point in training). However, he stopped plenty far away and did a
magnificent check. We made it through with much ease ending an important
part of training.
This afternoon, we began freelance. We went into a department store and
worked escalators. This only took a few minutes; he handled them easily.
After that we worked through the park a bit before calling it a day.
This evening, we had a lecture from the veterinarian. She talked about
the stuff we needed to do to assure the longest working life for our dogs.
In the morning, we will work on bus travel with the dog. We will be
taking the train on Friday into New York to work through the city for
the day.
I will keep you posted and hopefully have some more pictures soon.
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