SteveG
pfm Member
An absolutely amazingly fantastic time with Betsy today. Let her off her lead for the first very time and she was brilliant. She ran around, sniffed things, approached other dogs nice and calm, came when called and stayed close by.
She’s a rescue dog, and mad as a box of frogs when we got her as a young pup 12 months ago, and despite all the training I was as nervous as hell letting her go for the first time. It was such a joy to watch her bounding free.
Excellent!
Our rescue dog was a bit iffy around other dogs when we first got him, so it was a few weeks before we had the confidence to let him off the lead. He spends most of his time off the lead these days though, and is now pretty good around other dogs. We've had him going out with a dog-walker at least one day a week and that's got him much more used to being with other dogs, which has helped enormously. They like having him as he's well behaved and comes back when called - they even sometimes clip other dogs to him that aren't as well behaved, as he'll bring them back with him as he's a very strong dog.