Training update

I've not really been updating the blog the last few weeks. I blame it on the sunshine and long walks with Grey and his friends. We've settled into bits of training. Lots of socialisation round town and walking with other dogs which has really paid off. He seems to have really calmed down. Yes, still a monkey and very much a character, but I'm learning to work with it. We've got a weekly session with J locally and that gives us more than enough to work on. At the moment we're working recalls, retrieve with a stuffed toy that he brings to me to get a treat out of it, twist, heelwork and general calm around traffic, leave it training around food.

He is able to look at approaching vans now and more or less not lunge. I haven't had a lunge for a week. That is really good and I'm really proud of him. It's a huge step forward for us.

I'm trying to plan ahead and think what I'd like to do with Grey. I have always thought it might be nice to do some kind of activity. He enjoys doing stuff and it would be nice to find something that I can manage timewise and that will get his tail wagging. So what to do: agility, scentwork or some specific gundog training?

This weekend it was really hot and he laid up most of Saturday. We went out to the beach in the evening and it was really lovely. Shame about the messy summer beach users leaving a trail of rubbish in their wake. He unfortunately scoured discarded BBQs, but thankfully no bones found.