Is Jack becoming a gentleman ?

Having recently enjoyed a real change in the behaviour of Jack, I asked Paul to take him out today, both on and off lead.
It was a real joy to hear that Jack is fast becoming a reformed character. No more attempts at trying to pull arms out of sockets or of jumping at the first person he sees. We now appear to have a dog who does as instructed and who has certainly turned a corner. Despite his stubborness I always believed that this would happen and that underneath is an absolutely lovely dog.............who, by the way, has now found his water wings!
And as for Ellie - what a lovely and loving dog who has grown on confidence. More on this later but for now two hastily taken pics of her in action earlier today.

Janet

What's Ellie running after ??

Of course !!

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Bailey goes back to school

My daughter Rachel has been working with me for some months now, both walking and and very occasionally, helping to train dogs (with the owners knowledge). Two weeks ago, she was given the responsibility of turning around the behaviour of young tearaway Bailey, a Cocker Spaniel. He arrived pulling, no recall and having absolutely no eye contact. But with persistence and a little hard work, things are really starting to change !

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