What a day. Decided to see if the dog could walk without pulling me over and tested him on a longish walk. He was not too bad! Months and months of training and help from a dog handler are paying off. Positive reward based system only, which requires endless amounts of patience. Anyhow we got to where we wanted to in time for a meeting, where he was quite well behaved. Then he was allowed a loopy run in the snow and then we walked home and he managed a few spells of “pure genius” when he actually seemed to understand what was required.
So now for a quiet time in the studio I hope. That is after making a load of phone calls, finishing a press release, updating the DAD website (www.dadonline.eu) and generally wrapping up the day. We’ve appointed a coordinator for the education programme on which I was leading so hopefully that will all run smoothly.
