Saturday, March 27, 2004
Baron
Baron has finally relaxed a bit and is settling in. For the first two days, he barked at my other dogs, but he is quiet now. We're seeing the vet today. I tried leash-walking Baron, for a 1/4 mile, and he would only follow behind me, which must have looked very odd. If I looked at him, he would stop. He was not disturbed by barking dogs in the area. Baron is very headshy, but is okay if I pat him under the chin or rub his belly. Carol, an SCL volunteer, tried to take him mushing on Wednesday, but he wouldn't budge. I doubt he has any training of any kind. This will be a slow, patient process, working on confidence-building first.
Baron has finally relaxed a bit and is settling in. For the first two days, he barked at my other dogs, but he is quiet now. We're seeing the vet today. I tried leash-walking Baron, for a 1/4 mile, and he would only follow behind me, which must have looked very odd. If I looked at him, he would stop. He was not disturbed by barking dogs in the area. Baron is very headshy, but is okay if I pat him under the chin or rub his belly. Carol, an SCL volunteer, tried to take him mushing on Wednesday, but he wouldn't budge. I doubt he has any training of any kind. This will be a slow, patient process, working on confidence-building first.
