Hiya Leo
Nice to hear from you. Yep - we are making progress. The biting 'attacks' are definitely much less now and general biting is diminishing too. Well get a few days with hardly anything and then you might get an evening where you feel like you are back to square one but like my husband says- you need to try not to feel disappointed and remember that that used to be EVERY evening! So yeah- we are definitely heading in the right direction - it is just happening quite slowly. Inca is now nearly 7 months so it is less ' acceptable' when she does do it! I read something the other day that said cockers mature much more slowly than springers and I would definitely go along with that!
Our Springer was..you fed him, you took him for a walk, would do obedience training all night long if you had a biscuit, he was fine. This little monster is so much more complicated. She doesn't like obedience training. Sometimes in the evening I think maybe she's bored- I'll try and do some sit stays etc and sometimes she'll actually hide!!! I think she thinks I'm telling her off! And yet, she has learned some useful stuff like waiting while I go through gates and doors but you have to pick your moment to teach it! She is a funny little thing. Anyway, she is good when we're out and recall is still good so that's the most important thing- the other things can wait if she's not ready!
We took her to the beach last weekend which she loved, (even though she leaped up and smacked into the concrete sea wall while chasing the shadow of a seagull
) She is fine.
Life with a cocker is definitely an education. I suspect the person on here was right who said that because they are such high maintenance puppies you are forced to give them so much attention that you end up with a very close bond with them. I already can't imagine (peaceful
)life without her.
How is your little Leo getting on? What is he like when your husband comes home from being away? Is he ok or does he see him as an intruder? I hope you have a kennel available for your husband just in case! Hahahahahahahahaha!