Bike Trail Socialization Meeting

Last Friday our meeting was located at one of the bike trails near us! 

It was a beautiful day and perfect for a walk!

We also got a chance to meet our club's newest member: Omar.

I'll admit I stole him for a bit...

So cute! I think I'm getting Puppy Fever! I'm already excited for puppy #6!

For the first half of the walk, I gave Partner to a new member to handle. 

He seemed to really do great with her. He was on a head collar so she really didn't have to worry about him pulling or being distracted by dogs at all.

It was pretty impressive seeing him working so well with someone else- especially someone with less experience. He is just now starting to get to a point in his training where I feel comfortable letting other people handle him.

The second half of the walk, I took him back, removed his head collar and just enjoyed the nice walk with him. We didn't see many other dogs that weren't from our group on this half so I didn't  have much of an opportunity to work on his dog distractions.

Even though I didn't get a chance to work with him around other dogs, it was still really great to go on such a nice, relaxing walk with the group.

The Gentle Leader

     Sorry it's taken me so long to post again. We have had a slow couple of weeks because of Carrie's spay.
     Since we were bored we decided to do some practice with the Gentle Leader. We don't use it all that much because Carrie doesn't pull on her lead but Guide Dogs is trying to use it more so we have been having her wear it more often. For those of you who don't know what a Gentle Leader is, it is basically like a halter for a horse. When the dogs pull on their leash it moves their head to the side. This keeps them from pulling.
     While she was recovering from her surgery, I decided to use it more so that if she did want to pull, the headcollar would keep her steady and she woudn't be able to hurt herself.
     While we were at it she thought she would model, so I took a few pictures :)