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Hi all. I want to thank those of you who expressed sympathy for my situation with Harry having his leg amputated and let you know how well he's doing. Wednesday, I took Harry with me to the obedience class that Cash has been going to (which used to be Harry's class). I've been trying to get him out of the house as much as possible and figured he could hang in an xpen while Cash trained. When we first got there, we let Harry do some heeling, and then I switched dogs. Well, Harry did a phenomenal job and he was so happy to be working again. And Cash was totally motivated by the competition and did some great heel work himself. Harry hung in the xpen for much of the hour, but he would occasionally whine to let me know he wanted to work. By the end of the night, he had done some heeling, including figure eights, a recall over a low jump (UKC regulation recall), and the stand for exam as well as a few retrieves. The only thing he had any trouble with at all was the side of the figure eight where the dog is on the inside. There he had a little trouble maintaining his balance between me and the "post." I find that interesting, because he had no trouble whatsoever on the about turns or circling while heeling. His fronts are a little farther out than they used to be, but he can get into heel position from the front by going to either side and ends up fairly straight. It was very nice to see how happy he was to work with me and that not having his right front leg doesn't seem to bother him at all in that context.
(cross-posted to dogsintraining)
(cross-posted to dogsintraining)