Big Ole Teddy Bear

This session, one of our lucky trainers was assigned a beautiful dog he named Leo. He's a tall, lean fawn brindle with big brown eyes that just beg for love and attention... or is it food? He likes both but seems to prefer food, which has made it very easy to begin training him. 

He's already learned his kennel commands well and is quickly learning his leash walking commands. Even with his strong food motivation, he has been great with the give command, letting his trainer take his food bowl while eating and just patiently and calmly waiting to get it back. And he'll keep calmly eating if his trainer's hand is in the bowl, too! What a chill dude.

While it's only been a week here, so far Leo has shown himself to be a reliably mellow, even-tempered and gentle, loving big teddy bear. His trainer says he is really looking forward to training him for the next few months and having him carve out a very special place in his heart, and he's sure Leo will do the same with his forever family!