Week 2 for Oz

Well the 2 big issues we had last week were heeling and whining.
He did much better at staying in the heeling position this week. <mini yeah!>
He still did the whining thing, if we were stationary too long, but
he did stop, if I said "Quiet" or put him in a "Settle", so definite
improvement there. And when the 4 Rotties got a bit out of
control and were growling and barking at each other, Oz
didn't join in. He totally ignored them. He got some several
"AttaBoys!" for that from me.

For the "Come" command and responding to their name, the
trainer went to each dog to see how they performed with
distractions. Oz was definitely one of the better dogs at those.

One new command this week was "Off" for jumping up. The
trainer went to each dog to entice them to jump up. We
had our foot on the leash, so that the dog would get a
correction as soon as they jumped up and we would say "Off"
at the same time as the leash correction was happening.
She wasn't having much luck getting the dogs to jump up.
Well except for Oz and the Yorkie. That Oz, he definitely thinks
he's a terrier.

Another new command was "Sit Stay". We were without a
doubt the worst ones at this. Oz just doesn't see much point
in that staying in one place thing, doing nothing. He's not
hyper, like Murph use to be, with warp-speed movement,
but he does always seem to need to be moving or doing
something. This is definitely gonna be our main focus before
next class.

All in all I think we're doing real good. The trainer is spending a
lot more time with the Aussie (who I mistook for a Springer
Spaniel last week), the Yorkie and the Pointer and doesn't spend
much time with me and Oz, so I think that's a good sign.

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