Well, as in my earlier update, I am just amazed how quickly Docker is making progress! He is very affectionate and loves to be petted, I'm sure at some level he knows and appreciates that he is no longer sleeping in the bush. He is either very smart, or had a loving home at one time. He now sits for a treat about 60% of the time, so far without a treat forget it! He still runs to the doggy door when something spooks him (which is still pretty often) but now, more often than not, he runs to it and not out it, sticking around to see if it's a real threat or not. He is very curious and pads all over the house checking out everything, just like a normal, happy pup. He loves to be chased in the yard by Bud and Tash, and you can see the pleasure in his face when he finally works them up to the point that they chase him. The three of them are getting along better in the house by a little bit, they still growl sometimes but less and less often. Bud and Tash LOVE this training thing! I have worked with him a little on his own, but mostly with them; I say sit, they've done it a kazillion times for no treat, so they sit and get a treat just "cuz stupid don't know how to sit!". I took them for a two hour walk in the bush yesterday and let him off the leash for about twenty minutes with Bud and Tash and they had a great chase game. I'd call them back at random and give them all a treat and he never once gave me a scare, he stuck real close to Tasha. Last night he did the funniest thing: I was sitting on the couch watching tv with Bud and Tash when Docker came walzing in the room, Bud and Tash both looked at him like: "Aha, no room for you". Without a moments hesitation he hopped straight over them and onto the top of the back of the couch and laid down resting his head on my shoulder! I don't really want him up there of course but I found it too funny to give him hell, and he certainly scored points for "thinking outside the box"! Rachel: I purposely stayed home all weekend including thursday and friday that I took off (forgetting today is a holiday in Alberta! Yay, five day weekend!) to let him settle in, but I did go out with friends for about three hours last night and there were no problems at all, though one of my socks was in the living room when I came home. If that's the biggest problem, I can live with that!!
So anyway, things are still going far better than I ever imagined!!