Went to another one of Nebo's classes last night.

The way he acted this time vs. last time was like night and day!

I think the fact that only 3 other dogs showed up helped...I don't know why so many other dogs weren't there, they always are, and the weather was fine. I don't mind though! lol

After last week I had really been working on STAY. Especially stay with distractions! Distractions are his problem! He was definitely the *best* at stay this week....we did a new excersize with stay....Made them sit, then walked around them. Most of the dogs kept getting up and moving around to look at the owner, and Nebo kept his eye on me, but luckily he stayed in his position.

We worked on "swing" (getting the dog to come by your side) and he rather sucked at it, but it was a new thing, I'll have to work on it. We did come, and he was GREAT at that. Of course, he also knew that I had a hunk of chicken in my hand! Um yeah, that helps a lot! lol And I ended up with my finger bleeding just a little bit as we were walking away...he bit at my hand, thinking it was chicken....

He did pretty good at loosh leash walking, though he doesn't quite understand the concept of "heel." I have one of those nice leashes that has another handle near the dog.....it's just *so* much easier to hold onto that vs. having him walk there on his own!

He still gets super excited about seeing other dogs, and it's hard to calm him down and not have him jump at them! I tried to let him sniff another dog in class and make it so he couldn't jump by stepping on his leash.......the dog was a border collie mix, and she was nipping at his face, so that didn't work out....

Hey, I have a question though. When working on STAY, when is the best time to do the click?