Whooooo Weeeee

You know what this is a picture of?  This is a picture of a good dog!

Shaker Baby and I completed the 7th day of the Relaxation Protocol (referenced earlier).  I did some puppy massage to calm him before I put him in his crate for class.  And off to class we went.

I did a little jaw massage before we headed in the building.  Another dog came out of the building as we were approaching and he got a little reactive but I got him turned around and redirected.  He calmed and we went in the building.  We made our usual stop by the fish and he was petted by his favorite Pets Mart people.

Then we walked around a bit more, and  stopped regularly to calm, focus or look.  Then it was time to go to class.  We walked into the training area with out incident.  He was alert and very aware of his surroundings but did not react.  When he looked at things, I said, "look" and treated--no reactions.  In fact he laid down several times and relaxed.  

When we were doing the long recalls with distractions, one of the puppies got a little excited and jumped on his face.  He didn't react.  Let me repeat that--he didn't react.  He just backed up and gave her a look of seriously you're an air head.  I stuffed him full of treats--seems to me it warranted a jackpot--and told him what a good puppy he was.

He was rock solid with the leave it game--both with food treats being dropped and with walking by treats and toys.

Oh he was such a good puppy!  Thank-you Control Unleashed!   Whoooooo Hoooooooo!!!!!!