Peter's School Days

Peter arrives for school, alert which is more than can be said for me, half asleep guess it’s time to wake up and feel the cold, -1 the car reports! We have the usual aggressive display, come on Peter nobody is paying any attention!

Today we see the welcome return of his classmates, though they are puppies so obedience class is a little slow paced for Peter to remain focused for long. “Sit and stay” is not something that Terriers do well, hardly an active sport for this high energy breed!

We worked with Sonia and both of her dogs today. With calm Fletch, Peter would sit still and Sonia would walk around us. Peter got the hang of this and was quite accepting! However, Lucy a livelier dog, sent Peter into a frenzy so it was harder to get him to focus on working, simply not displaying aggression was the best I got! We finished up walking alongside Sonia and Fletch, I had Peter on one side and my Alfie on the other. So with both Fletch and Alfie acting as role models we all walked together well, moving forward all the time without any tantrums from Peter. He even walked with Sonia, noticeable improvement as she had Fletch on her other side - way to go boy! Moving forward is the key, he can't do aggression if he's on the move in "pack style".

The Heath walk was rather amusing, Alfie walked across the frozen lake like a person first attempting ice skating, legs all over the place ..imagine “Bambi attempting to walk for the first time and you’ve got a vision of Alfie’s performance. What do you think - Dogs on Ice next?! A few panics from me imaging the vet bill were he to take a nasty turn! There was no telling him not to do it, of course eventually the ice broke and he got a very cold dip!

Week of homework ahead and some high energy draining exercise, “Yep” we have a replacement bike! We shall see if he takes to running alongside the bike while I cycle - multi-tasking big time! Or if I take off and into the ditch hanging onto his lead, pulled off by a Terrier insisting on chasing a wild rodent!