We did it!
After the debacle of Sunday, when Gus dug his paws in and refused to walk up the lane, Himself and I decided we were going up! (“Good luck” said Daughter no 2 in an I-don’t-believe-you-can-do-it tone of voice.)
We chickened out on Monday and went to Portaferry to walk instead, but yesterday we girded our loins – literally in Himself’s case as his trousers were about to fall down at one point – and took Gus up the lane.
As we turned the fateful corner we simply exploded into action, me using my “happy voice” and Himself by shortening the lead and powering on up the lane. Gus didn’t have a chance to think about it, he was just borne along by our actions. And by the fact that there were no odd noises or activity in the neighbouring garden.
Once we got to the top of the lane, everything was back to normal and we had a great walk.
Sometimes a dog just needs a push to get over a problem. Other times it takes a bit, or a lot, more than just walking faster. That’s the art of dog training – knowing what is likely to work and what isn’t.
Which is why Down Dog offers you a range of options to get the help you need with training your dog. Obviously we’ve got our classes and one to one services, but we wanted to provide something more. Something that would fit better with people’s lives.
Over the past few months we’ve been working hard to develop our Online Academy to give you yet another option of self-study courses.
Go and have a look when you have a spare few minutes – you might just find something that takes your fancy. And if you decide to buy any of the courses, you get lifetime access to it, so there’s no worry about missing a week of a course or struggling to catch up – you do it all in your own time.
Keep training and keep safe,
Carol