Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Beckett's Walking around town!!


Wow! Beckett's new leash training skills are amazing. He has made 100 percent improvement. He heels right next to you.
He walks with his pack of dogs daily and with a simple Halti collar has done amazing work in a short time. No more pulls or tugs with the halti. He even is a good pacer if you would like to jog a bit. Everyone he meets thinks he is the sweetest houndie and hopes he finds a new caring owner soon. He has passed garbage trucks, cars, bikes,runners,kiddies and done really well adapting to leash walks. He watches them all go by.
He continues to meet other dogs on his walks and say's a nice gentle friendly hello. He can walk up and down stairs. And up the open wood see thru stairs in the house. Still working on going down the open stairs - given that he's probably never seen stairs before coming to live with us, this is really impressive.
We get a kick out of watching him roll around on the small throw rug and get a little back scratching with a funny little grin on his face. Another funny thing is he keeps checking himself out in the mirrored closet door. He nudges with his nose. He walks around it to see if there is another handsome hound in the house. Still all he wants is love and attention. He sure is easy to train, with a handful of tasty treats and some positive praise. He is adapting nicely and getting some nice indoor house manners. Boy what a nice dog! Beckett's new owner sure will be lucky to have him.