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Nice write-up. Thank you :)

Day 10 (2) done We are on holiday atm so the exercises this morning were somewhere that Harv is completely unfamiliar with. He was a little less relaxed than at home but still completed all of the exercises easily :)

Days 8 (2) and 9 (2) done Oh no ... return of the toe touching! ;) (No issues for Harv though)

Day 7 (2) done. A couple of Stands this morning when I was clapping. I'm not overly concerned about this because, as I think I have said previously, we release Harv from his Sits and Downs with a quick clap of the hands and a 'Free' verbal cue. How is he supposed to know that it means...

Day 6 (2) done. Solid performance this morning from Harv. Could it be that he is 'getting it'? Or could it be that this morning's treats were cut up sausages? ;)

By coincidence today is his birthday - 5 today (although mentally he hasn't progressed beyond 6 months! ;) )

I often walk Harv to our local garden centre. He loves it there - in large part, I suspect, because all of the staff there love him and shower him with attention. Today we were doing our usual 'being calm while the customers walk by' when we heard a banshee wailing. As we cringed, feeling as...

Day 5 (2) done OK, so we don't normally do RP at the weekend but the weather was so poor this morning we made an exception. Harv was great again - he only moved once and that was my fault. I was thinking about the proofing notes at the very end - different locations, different people...

Day 4 (2) done Back outside this morning. Harv was excellent even with ... a squirrel on the fence! This would warrant very loud and extensive barking while in the house until said squirrel had left the garden. But, lay down on his blanket on the patio, he looked at the squirrel (casually...

Day 3 (2) done We had one break this morning but it was< ithink, understandable - we were in the dining room where we have Harv's water bowl and about half way through I think the dry treats got to him and he needed a drink, and the water bowl was right next to him (calling him!). He went...

Day 2 (2) done No noisy neighbours this morning. The very chirpy birds held Harv's attention for the first 10 second section but after that he was lay on his hip (as opposed to the 'ready to go' down position) with his chin resting on his front paws (until a treat was offered, of course) the...

OK, so we all know that we should have out dogs 'under control' when out and about. What do you think about this scenario that I've just seen while driving to work: Travelling in the opposite direction was a cyclist whose dog, a large German Shepherd, was trotting along off-lead in front of...

Day 1 the sequel : "This time it's personal outside" OK, back to Day 1 but in a different location. While the weather still holds we did a session on the patio. Although the requirements now seem very straight-forward compared to those in the latter stages its amazing the difference a new...

It's pretty powerful, that's for sure. Just beware though - I often found that my 'just 5 minutes to finish this aspect' typically took 10x that long ;)

Day 15 done (I think *) All went well and Harv remained in place throughout :) Talking aloud to yourself is a little odd (for those of us that don't make a habit of this!) but, whatever it takes for the training to be effective. * When speaking to a visitor it doesn't actually say that you...

@Charlie That's a fair point. However, we do this sort of thing fairly infrequently so I'm not overly concerned about anticipation (these 3 recordings have been the first 'staged' recalls in many months and we probably won't do any more for a while either). @Beanwood Also a fair point. I'll...

Well, our gundog trainer wouldn't be happy. Does that help?

OK, spurred on by Harv's success here Re-visiting Stay and Recall I thought we'd try to push the distance a little further ... (same dodgy recording and lack of editing I'm afraid!) #1 #2 Virtual £5 for the first one to spot the (er hem) deliberate mistake.

Well done Spencer :clap:

We thought it was obligatory for the first few days, especially when the human part of the double-act returns to the canine part ;)