We made a decision today, that we would not take Finlay to puppy romp this weekend. He enjoys it, but the purpose is supposed to be two-fold, to socialise him and to get some basic training done.
The first item is well covered, he meets loads of puppies and enjoys it very much, but as for training.....when Finlay is playing with other puppies he is in no mood to be trained. He goes deaf! So we decided to use some of the advice given, but to use it down our local park instead. Deb had successfully tried letting him off when she took him out on Thursday and all seemed well.
So we put a trailing line on him, took lots of treats and let him off the lead. He quite happily ran between us and came every time he was called. He seems to have a natural 'distance' that he is prepared to let us go before he checks on us and then comes running. This behaviour is totally absent at puppy romp, in fact there, we could have left and gone home and Finlay would not have noticed.
So without too much distraction, Finlay is obedient. Then along come some other dogs. He greets them quite boisterously but he is calmer. The dogs he met were big and small, young and old. He had no problems at all with them and the key thing was that we could get his attention if we needed to. There was no puppy deafness. So we are happy this is a better way to go with Finlay right now, the puppy on puppy action is just too much.
Finally, let me introduce you to "cow". Finlay loves cow, he brought the toy from Perth with him and the toy is a firm favourite. It has been remarkably resilient considering what Finlay puts him through.
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