[NAGDU] Home again

[Sheila]

hello, that is tiriffic we are glad you have such a great dog.

On 1/26/2022 11:14 AM, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU wrote:
> Igloo and I came home today.  I'm a bit tired.  Not sure how he feels, but
> he's lying quietly next to me.  We'll go out for a little walk in a bit.
> Krokus is being a bit of an idiot, wanting to play, but he's settling down.
> Igloo is in the on-leash phase of homecoming for a while, and I don't want
> them getting all rambunctious until they know each other a bit.
>
>   
>
> We had a great class.  My instructor was very patient in helping me break
> some bad retrain habbits.  Now I have to keep it up.  I feel like I really
> learned stuff in class, which is great.
>
> Igloo continues to be a great guide.  He's run some curbs, bumped a few
> things, and we've had a few wonky crossings we had to rework, but every
> time, when we reworked, he did great.  We've only been together 2 weeks, so
> mistakes are to be expected from both of us.  He's fast and  easy to
> correct, and he listens to me and tries to do what I want.  A trainer
> brought us home this morning, and we took a short walk so I could ask her
> about a couple crossings and get started targeting a couple things.  It was
> amazing to zip along in places where Krokus and I had been crawling.
> Judging by the familiar routes we worked in training, he'll stay reasonably
> fast, even when it's the same-old.
>
> We went into New York City last Friday.  He was great!  We took the subway,
> and he was fine.  We walked along the platform for a bit, and he kept me
> well away from the edge.  We walked about 18 blocks in midtown, and he got 2
> traffic checks, some pedestrian checks, trotted past a flock of pigeons, and
> ignored all the garbage on the ground.  I was thrilled!
>
> It was a lot of anxiety getting into class, but it was worth it.  He's
> everything I wanted. I couldn't be more pleased.
>
> Tracy
>
>   
>
> _______________________________________________
> NAGDU mailing list
> NAGDU at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NAGDU:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/sheila.leigland%40gmail.com