okay I'm jogging.
but full heel. he runs by my side. I turn he turns. I stop, he stops and sits next to me. we are still a work in progress. just yesterday, he ran on one side of a lamppost and I ran on the other. the snap release came undone, as it should for safety reasons. it did startle him to get out of heel, but I slapped my hip and he came back next to me unleashed. I clipped him back in. we went on.
That Cesar Milan dude used to state the importance of dog walking. not that extendable 50 foot leash thing, or the regular leash stretched out taut like flying a kite. I never understood. I get it!!
I have become the pack leader. anything happens, he stares at me for input. he now leaves his dogbed on my wife's side of the bed and will sleep on the hard floor on my side. (I put his travel bed there now
). he comes to me when he is hungry. or has to pee. he will not bark at the doorbell if I am home. if it is my just my wife, CUJO-Mode.
he will still guard my wife 100%. she goes out in the front yard, he hangs by the open door watching. he won't come if I call..hahah..dude has a job to do.
but the dymanic has changed. my wife will now say, "hey..I want my own dog now"
Hank barely heels with her. she like to let him "Be a dog" and he knows it. dude is smart!!!
wife and I plan on taking a break after Hank. this dog has been the most challenging. costly... but I hold the "no cats" line..in am allergic to them. (shhhhhhh)