Today we took advantage of a trip to Home Depot to get in a bit of socializing/training for Brian. I’ve seen just a few startle responses from Brian lately, making me wonder if he’s going into a little bit of a fear period, or possibly just needs to get out more! So off we went to Home Depot while Jeff picked up some repair supplies. My first goal was to help him gain confidence in a new environment, especially if anything scared him. Very quickly it was obvious that there was nothing scary in the store for him (although I did not take him down the Halloween aisle). So then we went to a few areas in the store and worked on sits, downs, stands and go to heel. Here was a short ending sequence before we left (sorry about the poor focus):
In retrospect I wish we had done some impulse control work, but this was a very successful trip!
The Spaniel Annals 
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