My teapots, Cooper and Max relocated with me to Florida in October. Things were extremely rough, to say the least! We came from a very rural area with a fenced in backyard. I never took them on walks. It's not that I didn't want to. I couldn't. The pulling, tugging, barking, out-of-control behavior put me in tears on a regular basis (i don't cry much).
Now we are temporarily living in my parents' retirement community in Florida
I have no choice but to walk them. And with that being said, after a month, I had no choice but to hire a personal trainer
Today was day 5 of our 6 day in home training sessions. They are absolutely amazing in the house! They no longer bark out the window, at the doorbell or even when UPS or USPS mail arrives. They are now both trained to sit and wait at the front door prior to walks. Max likes to lunge a little at the door when i open it. He is a work in progress but that progress certainly is happening.
Walks? Errr....yeah, we walk. I've only been able to walk them separately but I've been trying very hard to walk them together. Today they were fantastic together! I'm 100% pleased with Cooper's behavior. Oh and he smiles on command 100% of the time now. I'll need to upload a new video soon. Max still barks quite a bit on his walks. He's very frightened of anything and everything that moves but we are forcing him to experience as much as possible and maneuvering him through those tough situations. I even took him to his first pet store outing last week. Getting through the parking lot was not fun but he certainly was a well behaved boy while he shopped.
All in all my boys are doing quite well. Max hasn't had a seizure since mid-summer. My boys are well socialized now and making lots of friends both in this community as well as at the local dog park. I'm happy to share this good news with my YT family and look forward to posting more positive updates in the future.