Another excellent training night

Flash did really well again tonight. His heelwork was pretty good and enthusiastic, his retrieve was good too once I got myself into gear... I also did a send away for the first time there. I have of course practiced this before for the Top Dog party trick, which was a disaster during the filming. But tonight, he did it beautifully... I was really proud of him. Good little chap he was.

Perfect Retrieve

Went to training class with Flash last night as always on Thursdays... He worked very nicely, though was not quite as attentive on heelwork as normally (was a bit wide at times).

The recall was really nice, no problems.

When we did the retrieve, he totally blew me away... it was absolutely perfect - first time ever! I was speechless! What progress! I am so happy about it!

At the end of the session, Vanda (trainer) said that Flash was coming along nicely... that's good to hear.

1-2-1 Walks and new pictures

Flash has not had any further problems when jumping up, I still have no idea what it was...

I have taken him on a couple of individual walks on Sundays and this seems to have improved his general behaviour and in particular recall on walks with the other walks. I will try to do this every so often to keep things improving.

I have taken all three for individual walks yesterday and they were a total joy to walk, apart from Dylan briefly chasing a young boxer cross. I am quite proud of my crew.

Today, I had all three with me and here are some pictures

Flash in pain

Last night when I came home from work, Flash jumped up on me as usual to give me a kiss. But this time, he screamed, got back on the floor and screamed for another few seconds. I thought I had tred on his feet or something (though I couldn't remember even touching any part of him). He jumped up again and the same thing happened again. I then went to check him over from top to bottom, stretching and folding the legs, squeazing his tummy... nothing. He didn't react to anything. He didn't limp or show any sign of pain either other than being quiet.

I then brought his front legs up to check it out further and he screamed again when I was about half way up. I just could not work out what it was.

I decided not to take him to training class last night because of that and see how he was today. Last night when I got home after training, he was still a bit quiet and didn't jump up on Cornel either when he came home from work.

This morning however, he is as right as rain. He hasn't jumped up yet, but he has been playing with Jesse and Dylan and seemed absolutely fine. The test comes tonight when I get home from work...

Fun with Ajax

One of my clients joined us with their saluki Ajax for a walk last night. Dylan and Flash had a great time. The ran loads together, got into the water together (Flash and Ajax that is, not Dylan...) and really enjoyed themselves. Ajax and Flash became really good buddies and did everything together.

Unfortunately Dylan hurt his toe towards the end of the walk and had to be carried out of the park, though luckily it wasn't anything too serious (though we still had to do a trip to the emergency vet).

Today, I took Flash out on his own as Dylan will be resting for a couple of days until the wound is healed. Flash was quiet calm and very obedient (not sure whether he was still tired from yesterday or whether it was because Dylan wasn't there), it was great! He was very good with the couple of dogs we met too. It was a lovely relaxing walk.