my youngest brother and his wife came to visit yesterday normally when i open the door to visitors i put jasper behind the baby gate, before i had the chance to do this i had opened the door ..........my brother was very surprised how well behaved jasper was i have been training jasper not to jump up at visitors this as only been with my son, son in law and daughter, so was a bit stressed at how it would go, much to my surprise it went very well,.......unannounced today my brother his wife and there son came to visit, he rang me when they was outside, told me to open the door and leave jasper to greet them wow i am so made up that my little fella as finally twigged that jumping up wont get him any where my little fella as started to grow up,.......i am so proud of him .....everything i have worked at seems to be coming together i have a long way to go yet but have started to see the difference in him all round,............some of you already know that he as been on short lead walks over the last 6 weeks, we have let him off his lead twice over the week end for 5 mins each time, today i got him a new recall line to give him a feel of freedom as i am a little stressed over him taking advantage of the 5 mins allowed off lead,..... he is such a gentle little fella i love him to bits going to a dog show on sunday at the guide dog centre, he wont be competing with guide dogs there is a guide dog show and pet dog show, it is just a fun day..... he will love it
Re: happy days Yay!! It's so nice to see posts like this!! Good to see all your hard work paying off - you are raising a well-mannered, gentle dog!! Well done!!
Re: happy days i have got a long way to go lisa we are very happy with him he, is very boisterous he is a puppy so bound to be,...but he is learning fast what we will and wont tolerate truth be known its the hardest thing i have ever done in my life
Re: happy days are they lisa ? i have never had a dog before had kids they was easy hehe , every day he gets better, went mental today when the window cleaner was in the garden i asked the window cleaner if he minds me bringing him out on the lead, all was fine he would lick everyone all he wants to do is play a big bark if anyone dares to go near my back garden......he just wants to be heard, or protect , that would be funny he would just want a tickle ;D
Re: happy days been thinking lisa on what you said the hardest things are the best things.....how right you are
Re: happy days Great stuff! My main problem is ME! I am way to paranoid that people think she is untrained. I think its because people have asked about when am I going to start training, and the lead pulling is always in public so I got it in my head they think she's like that all the time.
Re: happy days I've heard it said that the amount of time we THINK people are "judging" us as compared to the amount of time they ACTUALLY are is very skewed. It's true in relation to how we look or what we say, or even what we do. So ignore the paranoia Jade! Go forth and train at the pace you are able to and that works for your pup.....
Re: happy days Jade I am exactly the same.....I worry all the time that we are perceived as misbehaving when I guess really we are just learning and doing our best.....And do you know something,at least we are out there trying....I don't see any other people training their dogs....apart from a 7 month old x breed Pepsi we are the youngest dog I have met...... I am a little bit excited though that I might have started a whistle recall trend ;D i love seeing people's heads whip round when they hear the pip,pip,pip,pip,pip and their hair get messed up as our Dexter gets the wind up speeding past them to come back to me,just a bit delighted with progress so far.....you can't really tell can you!
Re: happy days Well done Lynne and Jasper, its so lovely to read positive posts . I do think that sometimes, it feels like one step forward, two back but somehow , we seem to get there in the end x
Re: happy days Its lovely when all your hard work begins to pay off, and you've got a well mannered dog that's a pleasure to be around for you and your family and friends. Well done. x
