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.
We are in our second day of invisible fence training. Nico had a hard time making the association between the flags, beeping, and the presence of a boundary on day one. Once we moved onto a static correction he got the hint pretty quickly. He knows when he hears the beep to turn around but is still learning what is in and out of bounds. On the plus side, Shelly and I were able to get some yard & motorcycle maintenance done this evening with Nico hanging out nearby and not wandering all over the place. We keep the leash on him to help guide him in the event he approaches the boundary.
There is nothing as adorable as a sleeping puppy. We're back to our regular routines tomorrow. Nico passed the camping test, toward the end he was sleeping on the ground with no encouragement. This was a major improvement over the first day, which he spent the entire time sniffing and chewing. Nico has serious FOMO all the time. Getting him to settle down is always a big challenge.
