The Best Boy

The middle of the training session has arrived and Barney continues to improve with his commands. The other day, he got to run on the big yard for the first time. A combination of healing stitches (from being neutered), bad weather and coronavirus kept all the dogs out of the big yard until now. He LOVED getting to run on the big yard! He had a blast. He ran the whole time and wanted to keep going even after his time was up. Well, it was about five minutes of actual running and then time for rest, in classic greyhound style. He ran with four other dogs and they all got along great.

His trainer finally got Barney to sit on his own! Big excitement, big treats; his trainer always makes it a big deal when that happens to get him excited about accomplishing new things. There’s still a lot of work to do and a ways to go, but his trainer feels great with his progress. This is why he loves training these dogs – to see them go from a blank slate to learning all these commands, and more importantly: how to learn!