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I know she is now three and a half, but how interesting to look back! 
Brambles Puppy Log
So here it is ...Brambles very own training log!
Bramble now 11 weeks old, born 10 December 2015, and with us for almost 3 weeks.
Most of what we are doing is basic housetraining, crate training etc..well watching her like a hawk because madam...just...goes...not quite as straightforward as Benson who was a dream to house-train, took him a week and he was sorted. Brambles...hmmm...do bitches just take longer? Or as Benson was older (10 weeks when we got him) things in that department were naturally easier.
She is now crate trained and happy to sleep downstairs in their during the day. She sleeps well over night, from about 11.30 through to 6.30am without a peep.
She does have a playpen, however she needs a smaller space for house training so we are not using the playpen much yet, that was an investment to give our other two labs a break if they needed it. So she spends up to 1.5 hours to 2 hours at a time, this is simply for housetraining purposes right now.
Training wise she has learnt a sit, and will also stay in position (all with the clicker) we are working more on a sit stay right now and the recall will come a bit later. Working on targeting, and we are not far from a good handtouch. We have also started to work on off lead, so rewarding her with a bit of kibble for being in the right position beside us. This is a game she loves! After about 3 or 4 pieces of kibble she gets a toy instead, and runs around madly with the toy in her mouth, her happy game, then brings the toy to me and she gets another bit of kibble. Later will add the "walk" cue.
Bramble took her first "proper" outside walks today, she was very good. She met a few other dogs and a HORSE..which she found fascinating. Took a few photos and video so will upload those later.
All in all she is a pleasure.. very bright and attentive. Although she is very bold, she is quite sensitive too, and you have to be careful of your tone of voice, or even manner as she does tend to react to this we've noticed, she is certainly not as "bullet proof" emotionally as Benson was a pup.
Bramble 12 weeks old
So Bramble is now at puppy classes, 10am on a Sunday at Widgets, we can use the fields for Benson and Casper too, which is perfect.
Bramble at now 12 weeks, was definitely the most boisterous pup there, as you would expect. We haven't met the labradoodle so the next class might be a bit more interesting! The pups were all young, a nine week old stunning border collie, who was already amazingly clicker trained and a slightly nervous 14 week old french bulldog thingy, who was very sweet.
The class was very well structured, with a focus on the pups being calm, and processing the strange smells and noises without being intimidated. Everything based on the pups taking time, and being rewarded for check ins. Introduction to loose lead walking, just pottering in a corner and again rewarding for checkins...no pulling!
An interesting observation regarding puppy classes that Anna made, albeit anecdotal, was that 9 out of 10 dogs that come to her for behavioural assessments, had either been to ill-organised puppy classes, or no classes at all.
Another point pertinent to labradors was "Why do you think some dogs are nervous of black labradors?" Two of shot up our hands and we both thought it was because it was hard to read the dogs being black..but actually it was more likely due to the nature of labrador pups/youngsters...being bouncy and over friendly this giving the dog a bad experience when younger..I guess when looking at the labrador, and colour ratios, most are still black. I have heard on more than one occasion comments along the lines of...oh my dog doesn't like labradors, and at the time I struggled to understand why. Just thought that was interesting.
Back to Bramble, have nearly cracked toilet training, it has helped that her tummy has now settled. We have to closely monitor play with Benson as this does get her wildly excited and prone to the odd accident if not careful.
She is sleeping very well in the crate downstairs. She does feel a bit insecure in her playpen, so we are just using the crate for now. We can leave her alone for up to 1 hour and 15 mins. This is important to us as she needs to be comfortable on her own for 3 hours a day by the time she is 17 weeks old. Bramble is far more sensitive than Benson, so we are taking this very slowly, literally 5 mins at a time, and when she is very relaxed and due a long doze.
Bramble is very responsive to tone of voice, and even facial expression. She loves praise! A happy tone gets her bounding back towards you for a full on cuddle which is lovely! A frown will literally stop her in her tracks...very different from her wonderful but thicker skinned chocolate brother!
We are working on walking to heel without the lead, getting use to her new puppia harness (thanks for the tip Snowbunny!) mat training, really MUST work on my clicker timing! Sit...with a release cue, down, sit -up..yes this sounds like "sidup" already. Introducing a little bit of fun recall now. She naturally loves to retrieve..anything and will carry it around for ages! Bits of grass, leaves, twigs, you name it. Also gently letting her absorb different sounds, cars etc. We are doing this slowly with lots of praise, as she is a little more nervous than Benson at the same age. Based on this we are limiting her exposure to other dogs, unless they are ones we know, and the pups at puppy class. I don't want to "mother" her, she is a laddette after all and a strapping 11.2 kgs! I just detect she is not so keen to meet other dogs at this stage, not sure on this if I am doing the right thing or not, something to discuss this Sunday at puppy class.
First Walk in a public place
Playing with Benson
Bramble 13 weeks old
Bramble had some homework from last puppy class, which was to be out and about and meet other dogs, in a public area, park, etc... The plan is to meet them in a controlled fashion, not to over face her or build the expectation that it is OK to play with every dog she meets. The meet and greet should also be brief, not a mad romp and only to 1 in 3 dogs.
So off to Bath race track, which has a nice footpath alongside. The dogs there tend to be very well behaved, and it is usually quiet.... so perfect!
She was a little star, staying quite close, watching most of the dogs from a distance whilst I C&T for calm and looking at me. Bramble met a gorgeous chocolate lab, and we failed on the brief meet and greet only because he was so lovely! He was mesmerized by her, and although an old gent, went a bit bonkers and bum tucked down the race track! Brambles was delighted! Wish I had my camera, both the owner and the lab were great!
We kept the walk to about 30 mins, mostly off lead, with lots of change of direction to keep her focused on where I was going. Some gentle loose lead walking with C&T for looking at me, with the treat given in the position I would like her to be in. At the end of the walk we headed back towards the entrance.
Heading towards was a stunning viszla, very excited about his walk, he front legs were not touching the ground, he sounded hoarse from pulling. The owner smiled and headed towards us, so I backed onto some grass and said, we will wait here and let you through, I said this with a friendly smile. To which she replied, no it's OK ,he's friendly and your pup needs to socialise. I was a bit taken aback tbh, and replied quite gruffly no thank you, but bloody hell she looked miffed with me! Apart from that it was a really lovely walk.
Other training is going well, she is picking up things really quickly. We have cracked toilet training, and she now asks to be let outside.
We are working through total recall, and whistling her to her food bowl, she gets very excited about this new game Previously she was fed in her crate, but has such a positive association with it now, we don't really need to, and using meal times as a powerful motivator for recall training. Not much chance of failure there!
Bramble 16 weeks old
Brambles is doing really well in her training, 16 weeks old and puppy class number five tomorrow. She is now really leggy and starting to grow out of her puppy body! I guess also out of that critical socialisation period, although on-going socialisation is just as important.
She is time-consuming..mainly and I guess this the challenge with having other household dogs. Finding time on her training is difficult. We walk her in strange places mostly on her own, as her big brothers do bolster her courage!
This is helped by our puppy classes being outside now, lots of opportunities to meet and greet, work on a loose lead and recall on long lines, we even had a certain forum member working on a bit of distraction for us!
We are working mainly on loose lead and recall now. Recall is good, even with mild distractions, however, I am honestly not sure about is how much of that is due to her being slightly timid, so she has a natural desire to stay close, so although looking good I wouldn't be surprised to see this particular behaviour fall apart with growing confidence. So we are keeping this on a verbal cue, for now, leaving the whistle for a couple of months, which is helped by the fact I am using a verbal recall cue with Benson for a bit.
She also has what I think is a natural focus, observing me carefully, and always
ready for training! I have a feeling she is a dog just as happy with praise as with treats. She just loves attention and her favourite treat is just curling up beside you! We practice skills like a moving handtouch, sit...with a few seconds duration now, then a release cue, down, sit-up. We are also working on mat training and settling. We mix this in with fun retrieving..a soft toy, gentle tuggy. Tossing the toy a few feet and praising when she brings this back. So far she brings everything back to hand, I don't know where she has this from, I guess maybe watching Benson, who brings me EVERYTHING now in the evenings, and I usually end up with quite a collection on the sofa!
Bramble is teething now, and looking a bit gappy..s lots of frozen kongs and chew type toys. She also has a huge anco root in her crate she gnaws from time to time, usually when she is grumpy
On the crate front she has quite strict times, this is only to help her adjust to when we are not around and her absolute maximum is 2.5 hours in any one day. She then has an odd hour or two in the afternoon.
Bramble 17 weeks old
Loose lead walks well, she does tend to walk slightly ahead but doesn't pull. Need to work on reinforcing positioning in heel, and maintain a high level of rewarding checking in on our walks to help build the foundations of a really solid loose lead heel. Recall is just great, although when Bramble gets a surge of independence in adolescence I am sure this will all change!
Mat training will evolve into place boards, they are on order and should arrive mid-week...so excited! No doubt will be bombarding those who use them with loads of questions
5 months old
Our placeboards arrived yesterday...how on earth have I ended up so excited by a bit of wood and fake grass???
Armed with high value sausage, cheese,and new fab treats I took Bramble outside. For the first few minutes I just C&T for just touching the board, so she starts off with a really positive association with this strange new thing. Bramble started very quickly associating the board with her mat training and became very eager to jump on and sit nicely! I have uploaded a quick vid. I haven't attached a cue yet, just marking the behaviour...and yes I think my clicking might be a touch too slow?
If anyone has a really good resource for placeboard training I would be really grateful!
Place board work - ( first ever boy have I learned a lot since then! )
comments re: placeboard work
I don't know of a good resource for place boards, I did mine with an instructor.
The difference between what you are doing and what I did is that at the stage Bramble is at, I wouldn't be rewarding on the board. I'd still be doing rapid reps returning to the board from the 4 quadrants and I wouldn't move on until she was quick, fluent etc. Then I'd work on a dead straight sit. And only after that would I start feeding for stillness on the board, once her position is near perfect.
Reply from me: -
I have seen a video demonstrating the 4 quadrants, tbh I would at this point consider is getting a trainer involved before I go any further. This morning was supposed to be rewarding Bramble for touching etc the place board, but she preferred to just sit on it! I am hoping to book a few sessions with SWMBO....once I pluck up enough courage (
Getting a placeboard session organised for Bramble is actually what I did....)
At puppy class, lots of work of reinforcing good behaviours, lead walking with distractions, and also some work on prepare pups for the more unusual handling they might experience at the vets.
Bramble at 6 months old
Bramble is now 6 months old. So a recap on where we are on training and our priorities over the next few weeks.
I guess I have been focussed on pretty basic stuff for a while now, recall, lead walking, off lead walking. We are also very careful with how much she exercises, particularly as she is very leggy and as tall as Benson. So we don't ask for anything which means a sharp turn of speed/abrupt stop-start. So most of our stuff has been around behaviours as well as careful socialisation. She had a very good start with puppy class, and some good early meet and greets with dogs we know. Generally speaking, she is not a dog who needs to meet lots of dogs, she is a little shy so we are careful with this. We are not overprotective, just aware that there are some bullies out there, and some dog owners need a little gentle managing themselves! Having Benson and Casper is lovely, she gets on so well, and Benson is incredibly gentle with her, never, ever gets too boisterous with her.
So far we have a very good recall, even with distractions. Saying that she is just 6 months old, and just recently I have detected a little bit of independence sneaking through, so we will start on reinforcing recall with high value treats for a bit in anticipation of things going a bit "awry". We have broken down the recall into two parts...recalling back is one, and the other is her position at the end...sat neatly just behind on my left. This is so when we move off, Bramble is always is a good position to clip her lead back on, or walk close to me.
Retrieving: We started from scratch with a clicker retrieve, this has worked really well, Bramble is very good at bringing back to hand. We are still using toys that are sausage-shaped and easy to pick up, really need to introduce a training dummy soon! Most of her retrieving is just playing, and not too serious, although she is a very serious pup, I have to be very careful with tone and language, she does tend to get upset easily and that can be a problem sometimes, she knows when something isn't quite right and can get a bit stressed.
Other bits and bobs, she has a lovely settle, hand touch, sit...she doesn't mug or jump up. Struggling a bit with a "sit-stay", but something to work on, she is fine in settle which she goes into by default, ho hum! She doesn't pull on the lead, well not yet anyway!
Next we will work on a little speed with the retrieve, make it a bit more exciting, more recall...to get that sharp early response, as well as off lead walking.
We have a 2 hour training session with SWMBO in three weeks, with both Benson and Bramble, just to make sure we are on track, so that should really help. Plus looking at adolescent classes hopefully in the summer. My aim with Bramble is to get her through her stage 1 before she is a year old, bit reaching I know, but I think good to have a goal in mind.
So there you have it, Bramble's puppy training log right up to 6 months old
Brambles Puppy Log
So here it is ...Brambles very own training log!
Bramble now 11 weeks old, born 10 December 2015, and with us for almost 3 weeks.
Most of what we are doing is basic housetraining, crate training etc..well watching her like a hawk because madam...just...goes...not quite as straightforward as Benson who was a dream to house-train, took him a week and he was sorted. Brambles...hmmm...do bitches just take longer? Or as Benson was older (10 weeks when we got him) things in that department were naturally easier.
She is now crate trained and happy to sleep downstairs in their during the day. She sleeps well over night, from about 11.30 through to 6.30am without a peep.
She does have a playpen, however she needs a smaller space for house training so we are not using the playpen much yet, that was an investment to give our other two labs a break if they needed it. So she spends up to 1.5 hours to 2 hours at a time, this is simply for housetraining purposes right now.
Training wise she has learnt a sit, and will also stay in position (all with the clicker) we are working more on a sit stay right now and the recall will come a bit later. Working on targeting, and we are not far from a good handtouch. We have also started to work on off lead, so rewarding her with a bit of kibble for being in the right position beside us. This is a game she loves! After about 3 or 4 pieces of kibble she gets a toy instead, and runs around madly with the toy in her mouth, her happy game, then brings the toy to me and she gets another bit of kibble. Later will add the "walk" cue.
Bramble took her first "proper" outside walks today, she was very good. She met a few other dogs and a HORSE..which she found fascinating. Took a few photos and video so will upload those later.
All in all she is a pleasure.. very bright and attentive. Although she is very bold, she is quite sensitive too, and you have to be careful of your tone of voice, or even manner as she does tend to react to this we've noticed, she is certainly not as "bullet proof" emotionally as Benson was a pup.
Bramble 12 weeks old
So Bramble is now at puppy classes, 10am on a Sunday at Widgets, we can use the fields for Benson and Casper too, which is perfect.
Bramble at now 12 weeks, was definitely the most boisterous pup there, as you would expect. We haven't met the labradoodle so the next class might be a bit more interesting! The pups were all young, a nine week old stunning border collie, who was already amazingly clicker trained and a slightly nervous 14 week old french bulldog thingy, who was very sweet.
The class was very well structured, with a focus on the pups being calm, and processing the strange smells and noises without being intimidated. Everything based on the pups taking time, and being rewarded for check ins. Introduction to loose lead walking, just pottering in a corner and again rewarding for checkins...no pulling!
An interesting observation regarding puppy classes that Anna made, albeit anecdotal, was that 9 out of 10 dogs that come to her for behavioural assessments, had either been to ill-organised puppy classes, or no classes at all.
Another point pertinent to labradors was "Why do you think some dogs are nervous of black labradors?" Two of shot up our hands and we both thought it was because it was hard to read the dogs being black..but actually it was more likely due to the nature of labrador pups/youngsters...being bouncy and over friendly this giving the dog a bad experience when younger..I guess when looking at the labrador, and colour ratios, most are still black. I have heard on more than one occasion comments along the lines of...oh my dog doesn't like labradors, and at the time I struggled to understand why. Just thought that was interesting.
Back to Bramble, have nearly cracked toilet training, it has helped that her tummy has now settled. We have to closely monitor play with Benson as this does get her wildly excited and prone to the odd accident if not careful.
She is sleeping very well in the crate downstairs. She does feel a bit insecure in her playpen, so we are just using the crate for now. We can leave her alone for up to 1 hour and 15 mins. This is important to us as she needs to be comfortable on her own for 3 hours a day by the time she is 17 weeks old. Bramble is far more sensitive than Benson, so we are taking this very slowly, literally 5 mins at a time, and when she is very relaxed and due a long doze.
Bramble is very responsive to tone of voice, and even facial expression. She loves praise! A happy tone gets her bounding back towards you for a full on cuddle which is lovely! A frown will literally stop her in her tracks...very different from her wonderful but thicker skinned chocolate brother!
We are working on walking to heel without the lead, getting use to her new puppia harness (thanks for the tip Snowbunny!) mat training, really MUST work on my clicker timing! Sit...with a release cue, down, sit -up..yes this sounds like "sidup" already. Introducing a little bit of fun recall now. She naturally loves to retrieve..anything and will carry it around for ages! Bits of grass, leaves, twigs, you name it. Also gently letting her absorb different sounds, cars etc. We are doing this slowly with lots of praise, as she is a little more nervous than Benson at the same age. Based on this we are limiting her exposure to other dogs, unless they are ones we know, and the pups at puppy class. I don't want to "mother" her, she is a laddette after all and a strapping 11.2 kgs! I just detect she is not so keen to meet other dogs at this stage, not sure on this if I am doing the right thing or not, something to discuss this Sunday at puppy class.
First Walk in a public place
Playing with Benson
Bramble 13 weeks old
Bramble had some homework from last puppy class, which was to be out and about and meet other dogs, in a public area, park, etc... The plan is to meet them in a controlled fashion, not to over face her or build the expectation that it is OK to play with every dog she meets. The meet and greet should also be brief, not a mad romp and only to 1 in 3 dogs.
So off to Bath race track, which has a nice footpath alongside. The dogs there tend to be very well behaved, and it is usually quiet.... so perfect!
She was a little star, staying quite close, watching most of the dogs from a distance whilst I C&T for calm and looking at me. Bramble met a gorgeous chocolate lab, and we failed on the brief meet and greet only because he was so lovely! He was mesmerized by her, and although an old gent, went a bit bonkers and bum tucked down the race track! Brambles was delighted! Wish I had my camera, both the owner and the lab were great!
We kept the walk to about 30 mins, mostly off lead, with lots of change of direction to keep her focused on where I was going. Some gentle loose lead walking with C&T for looking at me, with the treat given in the position I would like her to be in. At the end of the walk we headed back towards the entrance.
Heading towards was a stunning viszla, very excited about his walk, he front legs were not touching the ground, he sounded hoarse from pulling. The owner smiled and headed towards us, so I backed onto some grass and said, we will wait here and let you through, I said this with a friendly smile. To which she replied, no it's OK ,he's friendly and your pup needs to socialise. I was a bit taken aback tbh, and replied quite gruffly no thank you, but bloody hell she looked miffed with me! Apart from that it was a really lovely walk.
Other training is going well, she is picking up things really quickly. We have cracked toilet training, and she now asks to be let outside.
We are working through total recall, and whistling her to her food bowl, she gets very excited about this new game Previously she was fed in her crate, but has such a positive association with it now, we don't really need to, and using meal times as a powerful motivator for recall training. Not much chance of failure there!
Bramble 16 weeks old
Brambles is doing really well in her training, 16 weeks old and puppy class number five tomorrow. She is now really leggy and starting to grow out of her puppy body! I guess also out of that critical socialisation period, although on-going socialisation is just as important.
She is time-consuming..mainly and I guess this the challenge with having other household dogs. Finding time on her training is difficult. We walk her in strange places mostly on her own, as her big brothers do bolster her courage!
This is helped by our puppy classes being outside now, lots of opportunities to meet and greet, work on a loose lead and recall on long lines, we even had a certain forum member working on a bit of distraction for us!
We are working mainly on loose lead and recall now. Recall is good, even with mild distractions, however, I am honestly not sure about is how much of that is due to her being slightly timid, so she has a natural desire to stay close, so although looking good I wouldn't be surprised to see this particular behaviour fall apart with growing confidence. So we are keeping this on a verbal cue, for now, leaving the whistle for a couple of months, which is helped by the fact I am using a verbal recall cue with Benson for a bit.
She also has what I think is a natural focus, observing me carefully, and always
ready for training! I have a feeling she is a dog just as happy with praise as with treats. She just loves attention and her favourite treat is just curling up beside you! We practice skills like a moving handtouch, sit...with a few seconds duration now, then a release cue, down, sit-up. We are also working on mat training and settling. We mix this in with fun retrieving..a soft toy, gentle tuggy. Tossing the toy a few feet and praising when she brings this back. So far she brings everything back to hand, I don't know where she has this from, I guess maybe watching Benson, who brings me EVERYTHING now in the evenings, and I usually end up with quite a collection on the sofa!
Bramble is teething now, and looking a bit gappy..s lots of frozen kongs and chew type toys. She also has a huge anco root in her crate she gnaws from time to time, usually when she is grumpy
On the crate front she has quite strict times, this is only to help her adjust to when we are not around and her absolute maximum is 2.5 hours in any one day. She then has an odd hour or two in the afternoon.
Bramble 17 weeks old
Loose lead walks well, she does tend to walk slightly ahead but doesn't pull. Need to work on reinforcing positioning in heel, and maintain a high level of rewarding checking in on our walks to help build the foundations of a really solid loose lead heel. Recall is just great, although when Bramble gets a surge of independence in adolescence I am sure this will all change!
Mat training will evolve into place boards, they are on order and should arrive mid-week...so excited! No doubt will be bombarding those who use them with loads of questions
5 months old
Our placeboards arrived yesterday...how on earth have I ended up so excited by a bit of wood and fake grass???
Armed with high value sausage, cheese,and new fab treats I took Bramble outside. For the first few minutes I just C&T for just touching the board, so she starts off with a really positive association with this strange new thing. Bramble started very quickly associating the board with her mat training and became very eager to jump on and sit nicely! I have uploaded a quick vid. I haven't attached a cue yet, just marking the behaviour...and yes I think my clicking might be a touch too slow?
If anyone has a really good resource for placeboard training I would be really grateful!
Place board work - ( first ever boy have I learned a lot since then! )
comments re: placeboard work
I don't know of a good resource for place boards, I did mine with an instructor.
The difference between what you are doing and what I did is that at the stage Bramble is at, I wouldn't be rewarding on the board. I'd still be doing rapid reps returning to the board from the 4 quadrants and I wouldn't move on until she was quick, fluent etc. Then I'd work on a dead straight sit. And only after that would I start feeding for stillness on the board, once her position is near perfect.
Reply from me: -
I have seen a video demonstrating the 4 quadrants, tbh I would at this point consider is getting a trainer involved before I go any further. This morning was supposed to be rewarding Bramble for touching etc the place board, but she preferred to just sit on it! I am hoping to book a few sessions with SWMBO....once I pluck up enough courage (
Getting a placeboard session organised for Bramble is actually what I did....)
At puppy class, lots of work of reinforcing good behaviours, lead walking with distractions, and also some work on prepare pups for the more unusual handling they might experience at the vets.
Bramble at 6 months old
Bramble is now 6 months old. So a recap on where we are on training and our priorities over the next few weeks.
I guess I have been focussed on pretty basic stuff for a while now, recall, lead walking, off lead walking. We are also very careful with how much she exercises, particularly as she is very leggy and as tall as Benson. So we don't ask for anything which means a sharp turn of speed/abrupt stop-start. So most of our stuff has been around behaviours as well as careful socialisation. She had a very good start with puppy class, and some good early meet and greets with dogs we know. Generally speaking, she is not a dog who needs to meet lots of dogs, she is a little shy so we are careful with this. We are not overprotective, just aware that there are some bullies out there, and some dog owners need a little gentle managing themselves! Having Benson and Casper is lovely, she gets on so well, and Benson is incredibly gentle with her, never, ever gets too boisterous with her.
So far we have a very good recall, even with distractions. Saying that she is just 6 months old, and just recently I have detected a little bit of independence sneaking through, so we will start on reinforcing recall with high value treats for a bit in anticipation of things going a bit "awry". We have broken down the recall into two parts...recalling back is one, and the other is her position at the end...sat neatly just behind on my left. This is so when we move off, Bramble is always is a good position to clip her lead back on, or walk close to me.
Retrieving: We started from scratch with a clicker retrieve, this has worked really well, Bramble is very good at bringing back to hand. We are still using toys that are sausage-shaped and easy to pick up, really need to introduce a training dummy soon! Most of her retrieving is just playing, and not too serious, although she is a very serious pup, I have to be very careful with tone and language, she does tend to get upset easily and that can be a problem sometimes, she knows when something isn't quite right and can get a bit stressed.
Other bits and bobs, she has a lovely settle, hand touch, sit...she doesn't mug or jump up. Struggling a bit with a "sit-stay", but something to work on, she is fine in settle which she goes into by default, ho hum! She doesn't pull on the lead, well not yet anyway!
Next we will work on a little speed with the retrieve, make it a bit more exciting, more recall...to get that sharp early response, as well as off lead walking.
We have a 2 hour training session with SWMBO in three weeks, with both Benson and Bramble, just to make sure we are on track, so that should really help. Plus looking at adolescent classes hopefully in the summer. My aim with Bramble is to get her through her stage 1 before she is a year old, bit reaching I know, but I think good to have a goal in mind.
So there you have it, Bramble's puppy training log right up to 6 months old