Time is flying and yesterday was Jesse's first walk out on his own four feet. We walked to the church hall for the SEDTS AGM. It is normally a half hour walk, but obviously took a bit longer. Jesse walked about 1/4 of it... whenever he got tired he would jump up on me to be picked up. That worked very well.
He soon learned to stick to one side rather than criss-crossing in front of behind me (important as I normally walk more than one dog), and he walked nicely without any pulling at all. I did however make sure of course that I praised him loads when he was walking nicely to reinforce that.
At the AGM, he said hello to everyone. Jesse is fab, he is very friendly and sociable, but without being over the top and in people's faces. He also said hello to a huge, but very friendly rottie. During all of the AGM, Jesse was content and asleep; people were amazed how good he was. Everyone absolutely loved him!
When the trophies were handed out (of which I got one for Progress for Rescue Dog in our class... easy as Flash is the only rescue dog in that class LOL) and people were clapping, Jesse was quite spooked to start off and he made little grumbly noises. However, after about the fifth time, he didn't react anymore and went back to sleep. He is so easy to socialise, it's fantastic.
When we got back home (for which we got a lift), Jesse played with Flash for a couple of hours before he collapsed on the sofa and went to sleep! He has lots of energy now and thankfully, Flash is absorbing most of that for us!
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