Training Log, 30Jan
Henry’s independence has continued to grow over the past week or so. Exercise has helped him (and me) and having Eo under better control has helped both of them. There hasn’t been food involved, but they haven’t gotten aggressive except during playtime in a while.
Eo, by the way, is pretty much “healed” from the surgery, and now we need to start the physical therapy recovery process. I’m allowing her to be mobile but keeping her on Tramadol for the time being so that she can get used to moving around again without constant pain. I’d like to start
I dropped Henry’s prozac dose from 55mg/day to 40mg/day last week. This week, Henry has wet his crate two or three times, but that used to be a twice-a-day thing. It’s not. His water consumption is up, which means that he’s probably stressed during the day. There aren’t any chew marks on the inside of the crate as far as I can tell, though.
As Henry becomes more independent and in general happier, we’re having to train some things that previously came natural. For instance, off-leash heeling. He comes well when called (because he knows he gets a treat, duh!) and will generally stay close, but without the ever present anxiety if he gets too far from me, his hound dog nose will now sometimes take over and he’ll get lost in la-la land. I might have to train a heel. Other than that, the basics of the obedience stuff that Jennie taught me have stuck even though I’ve been horrible about practicing them while I’ve been out working on the garden.