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Candy

Candy

Biscuit Tin Guardian
Location
West Yorkshire, UK
I'm still not quite up to walking Joy again yet, ( heading in the right direction though :happy:) so my friend Shelli has been taking her for me. Today when she delivered her back, wet, tired and happy I was as usual thanking her and she said 'It's alright, it's honestly a pleasure, she's so good and so obviously enjoying herself, she's an absolute darling to walk!'
Well, of course I knew that all along, but it's lovely to hear someone else say it and once again I can't help but be very proud of my GoodGirlJoy!:inlove:
 
Selina27

Selina27

Location
Herefordshire, UK
SwampDonkey said:
I wondered how my lockdown affected low confidence dog would do on his first ever holiday. lots of new people places and strange people and dogs. I've been preparing him. I chose 2 new Q's and trained them for a few weeks (Rory too to refresh him). I improved leave too. So I worked on close and for obvious reason steady. Just 2 useful easy words. Close is easy to understand as I do find walking steady to get them to regulate their speed. I used both when I'm on the sticks but I applied them all over the place so they both really responded. It worked really well both in towns steep stairs and hillsides. I was so pleased with them both it was good to feel safe with such control and avoid more falls. Iver seemed so much more relaxed and seemed to enjoy new things and places. He also seemed to make more eye contact and listen. He seemed happy. I was coming down a rocky hilly path that was washed away moving from ground to rock thinking shit I never thought I'd do this again with 2 dogs in hand and no sticks. Ill never jump again and I'm slow but we did it. They know what steady boys means. Clever clever kind dogs. So if you hear some saying steady boys, good boys, like a 17 th century pirate it's us. We're coming slowly but are coming. Iver has gained in confidence and is maturing . So proud of them both
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This is just such a joy to read -- Well done Sarah and the pirate boys :hearteyesdog:
 
edzbird

edzbird

Location
Isle of Man
SwampDonkey said:
I wondered how my lockdown affected low confidence dog would do on his first ever holiday. lots of new people places and strange people and dogs. I've been preparing him. I chose 2 new Q's and trained them for a few weeks (Rory too to refresh him). I improved leave too. So I worked on close and for obvious reason steady. Just 2 useful easy words. Close is easy to understand as I do find walking steady to get them to regulate their speed. I used both when I'm on the sticks but I applied them all over the place so they both really responded. It worked really well both in towns steep stairs and hillsides. I was so pleased with them both it was good to feel safe with such control and avoid more falls. Iver seemed so much more relaxed and seemed to enjoy new things and places. He also seemed to make more eye contact and listen. He seemed happy. I was coming down a rocky hilly path that was washed away moving from ground to rock thinking shit I never thought I'd do this again with 2 dogs in hand and no sticks. Ill never jump again and I'm slow but we did it. They know what steady boys means. Clever clever kind dogs. So if you hear some saying steady boys, good boys, like a 17 th century pirate it's us. We're coming slowly but are coming. Iver has gained in confidence and is maturing . So proud of them both
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I love this.
 
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