At the Park

Walks have been a bit different for a few days as we have had 'Daddy' at home.  So, as there are two of us Custer has been coming to the beach with Jaja and Bailey early mornings, then late evening walkies in the park.  Not as much training as he was having with me, but we are 'trying' to work on his recall and socialisation.  This week he met up with some pups I have known since they were tiny, they used to play with my Alfie too.  Here is the very handsome 'Fella'

Fella, and his sister 'Tilly' are littermates, they are Irish Setter x Collie, not a mix you would choose I know but these are the most adorable well behaved pair, and belong to the one lady.  Here is Tilly with Custer and Jaja, it was a warm night so after a quick game of ball they were quite tired

It was so good to see Custer making friends, him and Fella did have a bit of a grump at each other to start with, but as their owner is happy to let them work things out all was well in no time, they had a great evening together.

There is still a lot to learn about Custer.  Today's puppy class was another learning curve for us all, Arthur is very tuned in with the dogs and has pointed out how much fear Custer has, and how hard it is to train him because of this.  We 'may' have finally found a focus though, seems Custer is very interested in the gundog 'dummy' so we have ordered a few - had to be a 'few' as he wont give it back, so that needs some work this week.  We have always believed in being able to get anything off our dogs, so far with Custer we have, but the 'dummy' he refuses to part with - needs work, so as soon as they arrive we will be working on improved 'retrieve' he was getting there with the ball quite well, so should be ok.