Accommodation

Weily has had a quiet day today. The usual three walks with only a trip to Home Depot. Otherwise he seems content to rest. He napped for about two hours after dinner. We played a little ball and for a treat got out the food dispensing toy. He might like that better than playing ball.

Walking in the dark, Weily was spooked by some traffic cones, so we stopped to "make nice" and repeatedly walked past them. We had previously passed at least two other sets prior to the scary grouping. You just never know what will cause the reaction.

Not sure if we should be making accommodations for our new dog or he should be changing to us. I think a little of both is occurring. On the first day we got Weily, he was having a hard time with the HALT command and our use of it at curbs and crossing streets. However after only a few days he is anticipating our command and preparing to halt as we approach a street.

Weily is very good meeting and playing with other dogs and is only mildly distracted by other dogs. His prey drive and retrieval skills are very strong. He loves to play and his tail is constantly wagging. Weily is more social than independent; he is rarely in a room by himself.

When walking he is attentive but will occasionally focus on objects/smells and it is difficult to get his attention with the choke collar. Our biggest challenge has been adjusting to the choke collar. We never really got the hang of it. Every time you need to use it, it seems to have slipped lower on the neck. The correction is not as precise and it seems to take more force. Good thing Weily doesn't require much correction.


When a dog wants to hang out the "Do Not Disturb" sign, as all of us do now and then, he is regarded as a traitor to his species. - Ramona C. Albert