After starting off bad last week with obedience class and wondering if I made a mistake with that particular trainer first class with Bentley was last night.
One of the major issues last week was harness vs. collar. After much soul searching, harness changes(even the Premier Easy Walk Harness) over the weekend, I decided to test Bentley with his collar. Boy was I shocked.
Immediately after removing his leash from the harness and placing it on the collar he dropped from 95% pulling to an extremely gentle less than 5%. And I mean extremely gentle. (The minute he gets ahead of me I stop and he stops and I can get him refocused.) I was fully aware of CT issues, but just wanted to try to see if it would make a difference in pulling. And boy did it ever. I am by no means endorsing collars for everyone, but I guess this is another case of everyone's different. So unless he shows a sudden desire to pull hard at least for now he will be on the collar.
That was just an update from last weeks whine about obedience class. lol
Now on to the highlight. After class Bentley FINALLY pottied outside for the very first time. Potty outside has been a big issue. Twice over the weekend I had to rush him home because he was whimpering so bad because he had to pee but still refused to potty outside.
It's the small things in life that make puppy mommies happy. lol
Poor baby is the smallest kid in class, but he was the best behaved. And that's not just a mom bragging. Wish the owner of the German Shepard next to me last night was better behaved. She kept letting her dog have a long leash and he kept coming over and checking out Bentley, who stayed seated right next to me. He was not aggressive, but he did frighten Bentley with his size. Finally the trainer came over and told her she NEEDED to keep him on a short leash.