We took the puppies for their first “leash walk” this evening. Gretchen was fairly good with it, happy to do it mostly. Lothar was loath to do it. I walked him at first, and it was more like a steady pulling him is what I did. Frank took him then, and eventually Lothar did some better.
Victoria took Gretchen most of the way, and then I took Gretchen the last few houses home. She was walking willingly, sniffing the road as she walked along at a nice clip.
Neither would do “their thing” in the front yard. We had to take them out to the back yard for them to do that. Well, one thing trained 🙂 But we won’t always be near the back yard, so … 🙂
Well, today on them for the first time was their new collars. They weren’t too happy about them, but took them anyhow.
Also new for them is the Dog Kennel. The chain-link 10×10 that we got years ago for another dog. It’s been lying dismatled for a long while. The other dog we tried to make a nice one, but couldn’t, had messed it up terribly, so I, and Frank, worked on it and got it up securly. We can let them in it alone for times we are away. They’ll stay in the house with us most of the time though, and have free play in the yard at times. We’ll get a tarp over the Kennel, and perhaps a house for them sometime. As it is, they can be kept inside, crated for some of our outings where they won’t be coming with us. We intend to have these pups well-trained, companions, not dogs that live in the yard alone. They’ll go places with us eventually.
Well, I can see, that for a day at least, the pups see a change, having to grow up a bit. Collars, leashes, chain-link Dog Kennel, all in one day. But this is a great thing. It’s happier times for them and us, if they are given good borders, so that no one yells and gets upset, this way the dogs can express such good things. Being well-trained is cool. A well-trained mind, can capture the body motions, and make for a well-behaved hound or human.