Such a beautiful little face. 🙂 Today was the first day we let Nico run around the yard without dragging a leash behind him. He zoomed more today than he ever has in his life. The rest of the evening he has been passed out on the floor. Life is good.
Nico is starting to enjoy some of his yard freedom as he continues to learn his new boundaries. It's nice being able to do a little yard work, ie. burying the invisible fence wire, without having to have him tied up right next to me. We furthered his distraction training tonight by throwing his bumper over the line. He successfully stopped before the boundary.
Nico spent part of the evening supervising me burying the wire for his invisible fence. He unexpectedly was forced to jump ahead a stage in his training by being face with a significant distraction. Two children on bikes, three dogs, and two adults came down our street. We keep his leash on him so if he does approach or go over the boundary we can help guide him back in. Besides a few barks, he did excellently at sitting and watching. Interestingly, this is the calmest we've ever seen when seeing another dog. Normally he is whining, pulling, jumping, and barking because he thinks other dogs mean playtime.
