Journal Entry #9
First appointment this morning was with a young border collie that was almost given away. The customer called me a few days ago to tell me that his wife was at her wits end with the dogs behavior. Apparently she has never had a high energy pup before or any dog for that matter and could not deal with the rough play. I observed and what I saw was normal puppy behavior which can be scary for someone with small kids and no dog experience. The husband did not want to give the dog away and I didn’t feel it was necessary either. I told him that if her biggest concern was the rough play with the children while she is trying to get out the door for her day with the kids then they should consider getting an electronic collar so that she does not have to chase after the dog in order to issue a correction. They seemed to take to the idea pretty well so we will see how this goes. Maybe this pup can stay in its home after all.
I went to see my gold package customer and his beautiful Malanois this morning and the dog is as beautiful as ever. He has the sit down to about 80% with no distractions. We went for our first walk as heel and did ok but needed a little work on the timing. During our walk he realized that my correction was more of a snap and related that he had been pulling instead of snapping. I think this will make a huge difference in the effectiveness of the training. We were supposed to be doing snake aversion next week but I decided that it will be too cold to get an active snake and I do not want the dog to fear me when we transition into protection work. We will wait on the aversion training until the last session.
Louis Robinson
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