Hello Kai, how you doing you handsome fella ?

Hello Dianne, I'm doing ok. Went for a nice walk with Harlie today, she is pretty. She is playing hard to get but I know she likes me.

I over heard the 2 Stephens today and they were saying that they were going to try and up my "one on one" aswell as my group work, because they say I will make someone a good dog one day.

I like it here, but with Scoobs and Miko here, and another Brummy coming tomorrow I think, Oliver said that that has now been called "Kitty Bromwich" instead of Kitty Brewster! ha ha

K x

Im really pleased your doing well Kai, don't worry about Harlie, she will come round, girls like to play hard to get, but I don't blame you she is pretty, keep doing well at your training and Stephen may find you a nice loving home to go to.  Thanks for being such a good boy, Diane is proud of you. x

kai work that carm you have and she will come running lol be the true gentleman you are.

A quick update on Kai's training:

I took Kai for a training session, and was very impressed by the way he is settling down.  I've walked him quite a few times since he arrived, but had not seen him off lead, so we started with a good run around in the field and he was having a great time just bouncing around and exploring everything.  I had taken a toy to try with him, but he wasn't too bothered with that, but the bag of chicken really worked!

While he was playing, I did some recalls with pieces of chicken as a reward and he responded very well, came in and sat nicely then off again to play.  After a good run around, I calmed him down a bit with a short heelwork session on lead (just a few minutes) and again he was listening and paying attention.  After that we did some sit stay and down stay exercises, and he really showed a lot of improvement from the first time we did them.  He was sitting on the first command, and I was able to step away (off lead) and even circle him before stepping back to him to complete the exercise and give him his reward, and he was just as good with the down stay.  Kai has been a little nervous of movement behind him, so I was pleased that I could around him while he stayed.  He's also learning a "Nicely" command when taking treats, after the first piece of chicken had my finger with it!

I'm planning to continue these sessions with Kai, so we'll see how it goes, but we'll take our time with it and have some fun as well.

GO KAI GO KAI GO KAI wow crufts better watch out mate new champ on the way

Hows Kai's training coming along?

Hello - another training update on Kai:

I had another session with him yesterday, and again more improvement.  We started with him running loose in the field exploring everything, but still coming back when called (he really likes his biscuits).  Then we did some sit stays and as last time he did really well - sitting on one command (still off lead) and allowing me to walk away about 10 paces, a full circle around him then back to his side where he waited a few seconds for his reward.  Same with the down stay, walk away, full circle around him, back to his side, step over him and back again, then reward.  He is quite relaxed when he is in a stay, so we'll continue to build up (and vary) the time and distances. Then it was a short heelwork exercise then some fun and games.  When we'd finished training we went out for a walk along by the river to relax

We're still keeping his training sessions short, as he is quite easily distracted, but doing well.  I'll get some photos of him training for the next update.

Some photos of Kai hard at work yesterday - he's improving so much

wwwwwwooooooooooowwwwwwwwwww what difference oh ye he love a bike ride too lol i had to tire him out for him coming to you and to get the muzzle on lol now look crufts next mate, well done big man and steven-c for putting all his time and hard work in to this guy.

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