Training in Scotland - Charlie

[Charlie]

We are in our Scottish house for 9 days so we went for a wet but lovely walk today in the forest and I must say Charlie was a star. He did some running but kept an eye on us returning to me regularly for squeezy cheese. We did lots of 'find' it and 'scatter' games which he loved. I practised A-B lead work also 'catch' treats whilst on lead all to keep his attention. I even got 2 really good 'stop' whistles in. On our way back I wanted to put him back on lead, as he ran towards me he did a lovely long distance 'hand touch' Really proud of him as it was his first time off lead in a totally different environment. Hattie was a star too, but she always is!! They are lying at my feet asleep in the R&T drying coats. Bliss xxx

 

[kateincornwall]

How wonderful , Helen ! Sounds as though both dogs have given your house the seal of approval xx

 

[Jacqui-S]

Idyllic

 

[Beanwood]

Wonderful! So you are in and sorted then, hope the move went well.....erm any photos?

 

[Charlie]

Wonderful! So you are in and sorted then, hope the move went well.....erm any photos?

No, not moved yet just spending time here. Hopefullly the big move will be next Easter, fingers crossed! Still things to do in our current house. I will take some photo's tomorrow. Lots of lovely walks to come, beach, lochs, Crinan Canal. You will be sick of my photo's xx

 

[Jacqui-S]

. You will be sick of my photo's

Never

 

[Lab_adore]

Never ever sick of photos

 

[Cath]

Sounds wonderful. Lots of photos please of dogs and house

 

[VanillaBean]

Sounds like a wonderful time on your walk. Enjoy your time..

 

[Lisa]

Fantastic! Looking forward to “seeing” your new place!

 

[Charlie]

We are having a fantastic time, loooovvvvviiiinnnggg Scotland, Today we woke up to a lovely crisp frosty morning, simply beautiful. Cooked breakfast and off we went to the forest. Because there is the 'right ro roam' here we could access the Loch through the forest. We are incredibly lucky as this Loch is a 10 minute beautiful walk from our house and we can view it from our kitchen window, I do have to stand on a stool YESSSSS Charlie went straight in swimming and did two lovely water retrieves. He even had a little play with Hattie at the Loch too. Hattie thought better of it and just paddled. I will post the photo's when I get back to Hampshire as uploading is on the slow side. Charlie has been in every stream, puddle and waterfall he can find, running, checking in to make sure we are all there but not going out of sight for more than a minute or less which is a far cry from the 1-2 hours he used to do, albeit a few years ago, but the panic is still etched in my mind! He is going to be as fit as a butchers dog when we move here with all this swimming. We are so proud of Charlie and his behaviour xx

 

[Jacqui-S]

And make sure you give yourself credit for all your very hard work x

 

[Charlie]

Jac It's all been so worth it to see Charlie so happy and enjoying life. Thank you xxx

 

[Shaz82]

It sounds lovely, perfect for the dogs too with all the water and woods. Looking forward to pictures but may feel very jealous!

 

[MellowYellow]

It sounds glorious Helen, for you and the dogs!!

 

[Charlie]

Back in Scotland so updating my training log.

We went on a 2 hour walk today, Charlie is doing really well off lead, he is checking in regularly to C&T, loving every single stream or big puddle he can find, it's lovely seeing him having so much fun.

On a little downside he did have a little deer chase. He ran down the side of a steep hill and went out of sight, I clambered up saw the herd of deer running followed by Charlie, I decided to blow my 'recall' whistle as to me this was an emergency. To my surprise he did an immediate left hand turn heading back to me, he didn't hesitate to clamber back up the hill as I called him verbally, he came straight back to me to masses of praise. So although I am disappointed in the chase I am very happy with the end result as this was an extremely exciting situaltion for him. Also went for a walk in the forest when a couple were heading towards us with two Spaniels. David gave Charlie space feeding him treats, no lunging or barking and a relaxed Charlie.

Did one 30 ish meter 'stop' whistle, success as he stopped in a puddle looking straight at me!

On our walk back down the hills/mountains we did a lot of C&T on lead heel work on a flat collar all the way back along the Glen. He walked on a loose lead, so again happy with our boy.

xx

 

[kateincornwall]

All sounds grand , Helen , so pleased that its going so well x Re the deer chase , he did come back which is the important thing , well done Charlie and you too because you instilled it in him xxx

 

[Cath]

Great work

 

[edzbird]

That is a fantastic emergency recall. You should be very proud of Charlie. I would do lots of practice now with huge rewards, just to remind him that it really is a fabulous thing. I'm actually grinning from ear to ear for you.

 

[Charlie]

Thank you all.

Good idea @edzbird doing chicken for dinner tonight so will take some with me tomorrow to practice xx I'm grinning a little bit too!