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Post by Nicole on Mar 16, 2004 9:01:02 GMT -5
I was standing outside in front of my house with Petey on a leash chatting with my neighbor and her two girls and we noticed a man jogging down my street with a medium sized dog. As he got closer, my neighbor noticed that the dog was not leashed. So I moved Petey towards my front door and the man and dog jogged by. The dog did not even give us a glance. He stayed right at the man’s heels. Of course Petey was very ill behaved at the sight of this. I continued to watch them and they approached the street and the dog stayed at the curb completely focused on the man. When the man was almost to the other side of the street he signaled to the dog who ran to him and resumed his position jogging at the man’s side. It was really something. Then I looked down at Petey who was barking, whining and struggling because he wanted to run with the dog and thought never in a million years. It was very cool to see such a well trained dog. He didn’t even look at us once when he passed by even with Petey acting like an a#@. Boy do I have a lot of work to do!!
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Post by Willow on Mar 16, 2004 10:03:56 GMT -5
Now you have a goal to work towards and you can do it! ;D
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Post by Brooke on Mar 16, 2004 11:13:07 GMT -5
Isn't it reassuring to see that there are still good dog owners out there? ;D
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Post by ohclueless1 on Mar 16, 2004 16:48:08 GMT -5
Heck... I will be happy if Myah just learns to walk on a leash like that, never mind without.
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Post by sibemom on Mar 16, 2004 17:07:43 GMT -5
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Post by Nicole on Mar 16, 2004 18:53:02 GMT -5
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Post by Aussienot on Mar 16, 2004 19:04:15 GMT -5
Wow, something else to aspire to. Never give up on Petey. I remember when I started training my unruley beast, and I would look down the field at the perfect Labs and Goldens in the advanced class. I never in a million years thought I'd be able to work Finn off leash , and while he's not perfect, I will never again say 'never' when it comes to what he can do*. *except a competition level down stay
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Post by Laura on Mar 17, 2004 15:30:22 GMT -5
Don't you doubt yourself for a minute Nicki, you can do it! I bet you'll have Petey heeling like that before you're done with him ;D!
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