Our day was pretty quiet. We did get a 1.5 mile walk, but otherwise just hung out most of the day. Gimme had a little tummy issue, having stole groceries off the counter last night (2.5 pounds of meat). Nothing bad, just too much at one time.
She did well in class; she gets better each week. Gimme has about five minutes of working brain at a time and then needs about 10 minutes of crate time (w/peanut butter) to recharge. Given how distracting that environment is and how stressed all the other dogs are, I'm completely satisfied with how she is doing.
Sadly the lady with the black mini poodle came back, hopefully she will still call Ursula some day. I passed another card to a white haired guy with a fearful Sheltie, saying "when you want to work on her fear issues, call this lady - she's the best". He replied that, "oh she's doing much better in class now". To which I said that she might be behaving better, but you've only suppressed her fearful expression, she's still fearful. He admitted that, yes, she is still fearful, just behaving better. So hopefully he too will contact Ursula some day.
Leading these horses to water - can't make 'em drink.
I have to say, attending these classes and seeing how stressed these dogs are is like a church revival meeting for my dedication to reward based training. My heart aches for each and every one of them.
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