Today’s photo has no particular significance, it’s just cute. Both dogs enjoy pottering around the garden while we do a spot of clearing up.
For the past week I’ve been able to train in the mornings and the afternoons, but Karen will begin training with a new partnership this week, so we will do mornings only – apart from tomorrow when we have the whole day off while she spends time settling the next dog.
Today we revisited the route we have developed into and around the centre of the City; Karen is beginning to step back more which means that Jay has increasingly to use his own initiative. There is quite a difference in his work when Karen isn’t offering as much support, but that is entirely normal and he will gradually learn to rely on me for direction and himself to get things right.
We have now completed our first week’s training and have covered a lot and made very good progress. Jay enjoys his work and is pleasingly settled and happy at home with us. In the coming week we will fill in a few gaps on routes we have been practising and Karen will increasingly step back as we work – eventually following in her car.
There will be no update tomorrow.
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