Maggi May was very brave today with her operation, it went very well, didn’t bark at anyone, it’s left her very sad.

Not sure when a kitten becomes a cat 🤔 Still amazed at how well Fred has done with new addition to the house but so relieved they all get along without lots of management 🥳 Overall we are plodding along with daily training, have to remind myself that we will get set backs & found myself getting frustrated with him breaking his start for hoopers but need to remember all the distractions & his well he is doing. Have been to rally class a couple of times but think the distance to other dogs whilst trying to do a course is too close for him & he looks unsure, I’m sure other attendees are ok but still feel awkward asking people to move back & change places etc. Continuing with building drive for tugging & he’s been tugging really well with my daughter indoors so switched to doing more inside where I can. Going to do recall challenge to focus on quicker as slipped on this recently. Car reactivity is going really well 🥳

Have been experimenting with my thoughts on sequencing these from my last post. I've moved from the floor to the chair. She's doing well and is very rarely trying to pick the key up now. I am swapping from the key being on the floor to on the chair and back on the floor as she wasn't quite understanding that the key was the important piece of the puzzle. She was trying to just indicate on anything (or nothing, which is hilarious). Here's a few clips.

In the garden started to do paws up, which Maggi stands on something in the garden, great for some photos on walks🤣 Some heel work with twists and turns which we do in rally, with walking along a quite road for heel work, just need to maintain her engagement with me.