Aw, that is so lovely. Having an older, calm dog must be a great help. Henry is my first dog and it took me far too long to realise I had to TEACH him how to be calm, he wasn't going to ever get it by himself!
Looks like you are all doing really well.
I agree they do look like they are doing really well. Jett is my first dog and teaching him how to be calm is hard work
Can I just hijack this thread from lovely Loxley for a minute to say I saw a big read flag in your earlier post: 8 months old + ran off on your walk. There's a very good chance this is not a one-off, be prepared! Almost all of us have had perfect recall and dedicated little doggos until about this age, then zoom, they're off. I made the mistake of letting Henry go further and longer before I went back to basics with his training. Don't make the same mistake I did and keep an eye out for when he might need to go back on the lead.
Thanks Londongirl - it definitely raised alarm bells for me as it was such a shock. We were just walking our normal route, he was doing his normal sniffing around. 3 large dogs came running at him, he was spooked and normally he runs to me. This time he just ran and ran until he was gone
Luckily another dog walker saw him and I found him waiting round the corner from where we were.
It was so out of character and a massive shock to me as I really thought he had gone and all the busy roads around, it was worrying times.
I will keep him close and go back to basics on the recall, do you recommend anything? or shall I keep doing regular recalls
It was a bad morning for us as 10 minutes after I got him on the lead he got bitten by a Jack Russell, on the nose which caused a nasty bite mark
- so I am now cleaning the wound
Normally our walks are great and stress free, not yesterday!!
Sorry for changing the subject on this thread