For past two weeks we have been in touch with our trainer for Thorne, by email and telephone. She is taking such good care of our boy and everyone that comes in contact with Thorne seems to just love him. He's made quite an impression with them there :) A few of them there say he's a big Baby Huey !! She's sent photos of him training as well as him playing in the yard. He really looks relaxed and happy.
Julia said just of recent that he heels like a dream :) He's mostly choosing obedience over aggression when faced in an unsure situation which is good. We really need to step up to the plate as leaders now. He needs that extra boost of confidence from us on walks now, more than ever to keep him going in the right direction.
What is also very good news is that Julia thinks he should be ok when it comes time for his CGC testing!! Wow!!!
We have been missing him like crazy but almost feel guilty at the same time because we will be taking him away from all his new friends (canine and humans) when he comes home in another week. He really seems to have adjusted well and we are happy that he has a stable enough temperament where he adapted to new situations, routines and environments with ease. That's great. He's got some independence going for him now which he needed away from home. Sometimes, it really is good for a dog to learn away from his usual environment. We are going to change things up a bit at home as well , so he doesn't come back to same old routines.
Very excited for our big loveable goofball :) He is such an awesome boy!!! He's going to be a year old tomorrow... Wish we could be with him for his Bday but he is doing great at school and that's ok by us.... sometimes, you have to make sacrifices.
Anyways, HAPPY BIRTHDAY THORNE, We love you!!!
(UPDATE: Thorne will be staying a fourth week for more recall work...our boy comes home the Fourth of July!!)
2 comments:
I love reading these updates!
We just adopted our boy from DRU this past weekend :) And will be heading to Julia & Rick's class in a couple of weeks!!!
Keep us updated on how he is doing now that he is back :)
Thanks Justin. I have been behind in my updates, sorry about that. He's been keeping us busy since he's been home. We actually went for another private lesson with Julia this past Monday (13th). I will post an update this weekend. Congrats on your DRU boy, that's awesome!!
Also, that's so cool that you guys will be working with Julia and Rick! I haven't had chance to work with Rick yet, but Julia is great.
We were up at the DRU Open House again this June and we took lots of videos of each Dobe up for adoption there while the woman described each one. Maybe we have a video of your boy we can email to you or post so you can save the download.
Thanks again for your comment and it's inspired me to keep updating the blog knowing that just maybe others are looking at it once in awhile :)
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