Gigi Day 3-Lessons 9-10

Early Morning:
1. Lesson time 1 hour.
2. Goal and objective of the lesson is to one teach Gigi the meaning of heel and sit. Also to have her feel comfortable on a walk with her owner/handler/trainer thru dogs not so familiar with (daycare group of Pluto, Logan, and Gunner---but not Preston puppy).
3. Teaching heel with auto sit is used. Method Koehler and Bedrock training methods.
4. Equipment used 6' leather leash, metal training collar, electronic collar, and daycare group of three dogs plus my two trained dogs.
5. Client not involved yet, so no homework given.
6. Gigi was very calm. She did look back every now and again if she heard Gunner (old dog with not as much training as Gunner, Pluto and my dogs) prancing up behind her, as he likes the girls. No growling, just looked a bit worried now and again. No shivering at all, or tense excitedness.

Mid Afternoon:
1. Lesson 2 one hour.
2. Objective and goal is to get Gigi used to heeling and attention on owner in distracting (but not too distracting) settings.
3. Methods used are Bedrock and Koehler "influenced" for heeling. Also in park setting, away from crowd but where there are running and yelling kids all around, and dogs being walked quietly and on leash.
4. Equipment used 6' leather leash, metal training collar, and electronic collar.
5. Client not involved yet, so no homework given.
6. Gigi was very distracted. She went through the motions of heeling, but her real attention was almost always elsewhere. Frequently needed to be shaped into an auto sit. There was a bit of shaking, shivering and tense excitedness. I really want her to feel more comfortable than that before attempting a "city like" walk.

****This is the day that video three happened, however. Gigi decided to break out into play with one of our guest dogs, Brujo. Good sign, although the goal of the training is to simply get Gigi to walk in a city type setting with her owners past strange dogs:) That is going to require more trust and training for Gigi.