Thanks for your replies re: Harvey's lump. We think it is indeed where the injection/microchip were - so another worry off the list!
This post is all about "leave"s!
Harvey and I do some training every day, a couple times a day, he's got sit, down, roll over, stay, paw, high 5, but we just cannot get "leave".
It's becoming ever so embarrassing. Every person who comes in gets greeted by mad cocker spaniel latching on to the cuff of their sleeve being dragged in, and he will not let go for love nor money (hotdogs!). Clamps on with determined cocker look as if all our lives depended on it. I have to prise his mouth open to get him to release - and by this time there's normally a hole in whatever top anyone's wearing. (one friend had come around just before a first date - left with hole in blouse
Any tips on training the "leave" command? I have tried tempting with treats whilst being dragged by cocker, but it just doesn't work. I'm obviously not getting it!