Thanks to this forum....

[Guest]

Weve just bumbed into a collie that we met a couple of weeks ago called Olly. Olly's owner has had a couple of collies in the past but passed away, bless them. Olly is a nightmare on the lead and barks at other dogs, overly excited. So you would think she knew her stuff, well the basics, about dog training, not quite.

The poor woman couldnt walk her dog it was overly excited and was barking to get to Shéara, so i took him over and let them meet and as we walked together we were talking about various training methods: training leads, high value treats, different leads/harness'/halti/canny collar everything. She hadnt heard of anything I was talking about.

Olly is only 7 months old and has only ever been off the lead twice, which is fine dont get me wrong, but she has him on a short leash at all times because she has no control, thus the dog not getting enough exercise. So I told her to let him off with Shéara, i convinced her everything would be ok and she needs to have confidence with him, Shéara's good with his recall and Olly was so focused on him that I just knew he wouldnt leave his side and follow him. She finally let him go, panicking everytime he took another step....Ive never seen a dog look so happy to burn some energy! He LOVED it! I kept calling them back and rewarding them both and sending them off again etc and Olly was fantastic!

The woman was thanking me so much for having confidence in her dog and sharing my knowledge with her, she said shes never seen her pooch so happy! I told her that she should be thanking a certain staffy forum because thats where i got all my info from! Without sharing my knowlege that pooch wouldnt have had a good run about for a very long time. I feel like ive done my good deed for the day and wanted to share this with my fellow staffy lovers    That is all.

[Sazzle]

Brilliant

[janey]

That's nice to read

[Guest]

Aww how lovely is that

[Guest]

Aww very well done Kita, you should be very proud

[Guest]

Aww very well done Kita, you should be very proud

Thanks Lisa, i'm very proud of my pooch, he's come such a long way since we got him and he really is a little star   If I can successfully bring up a pup then im more than happy to try and help others with theirs.

[Kell]

That's lovely Well done to you and Sheara for sharing and caring .. you should be very proud of both of you!!

[Guest]

That's really good, well done  And good on you for hopefully making one more person realise how awesome Staffies are!

[Guest]

What a great story! well done you:D

[Guest]

That's really great! I love when you get to put something into practice. She will probably find that her dog was much more settled at home too! 

Are you going to meet up again?

[Guest]

That's really great! I love when you get to put something into practice. She will probably find that her dog was much more settled at home too! 

Are you going to meet up again?

I wish we could Haley, but were leaving on saturday :(Such a shame 'cos I would have loved to have helped her out.

[Guest]

Read about so many bad things that are happening so when I read something like this it makes it even more special. Well done you for putting the work in by joining, reading, posting and getting involved

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