Monthly Archives: March 2016

As I work from home on a Friday, our training work today was to walk without a trainer present from home to the little convenience store, either buy something or just wander around the shop and then return home.  Sadie … Continue reading →

Sadie and I happily set off for our lunchtime solo walk.  She performed as usual guiding me safely out of the hospital but as we crossed the road she didn’t pick up her pace as she normally would.  It took … Continue reading →

I had a sleepless night processing all that had happened during yesterday’s training session and emailed my trainer in the early hours of the morning to ask if I could speak to her about how I could try to make … Continue reading →

I met my trainer at lunchtime and after doing some practice of correcting Sadie when she lunged towards someone she knew (my trainer) we headed off to Sainsburys again.  Paw perfect by Miss Pops and we reached Sainsburys with my … Continue reading →

We were back to training yesterday morning and my trainer decided we should start to tackle the problem destinations head on.  We arranged to meet at my workplace and I worked Sadie towards the shopping centre not too far away.  … Continue reading →

Day 3 won’t take place until next Monday as there is no one available for the next few days to continue on with our training.  In the meantime, I’ve returned to work although I’m not allowed to work Sadie other than … Continue reading →

Day 1 of refresher training is very much like day 1 of class.  Your dog comes to you, you have a chat with your trainer, have time to get (re)acquainted with your dog and then you do a short training … Continue reading →