The morning didn't start off fabulously as we had another pee incident when he got up. Any sort of excitement or nervousness sets him off tiddling and although it's not a lot it sure does spray everywhere! I hope that as he gets more confident we can overcome this. He'd also chewed up his bedding in the night and again I'd prefer him to not do this. I truly believe he suffers from seperation anxiety issues as he hates to be left alone or more specifically, without me.
He's also still being very greedy with food and makes himself sick because he eats so fast. I've taken to removing his food a few times and he's very patient when I do so but it's not a permanent solution. I shall ask the vet tomorrow about this as I'd like to resolve it before he moves on. He's also a terror for picking up food while we're out and this definitely needs to be stopped as he may well pick up something poisoned or spoiled and get ill. I suspect at some time he's not had enough to eat and he remembers it all too well.
Our field walk was great and we did a lot of stop and wait when he pulled. This meant that the walk took a lot longer than it should but he's slowly learning. I did a lot of calling him back and asking him to 'come' on this walk so that he'd learn to recognise his name as well as know to return to me on command. As this was the first attempt it wasn't hugely successful but we will get there! On a more postive note he is fantastic at sitting and waiting at road crossings.
After lunch we did a lot of fetch games on the garden. He fetches really well but refuses to drop the object that we threw. Again, this will take some perseverance but I'm determined to crack it. He'd prefer to be allowed to chew up his toys but I discourage this - I suspect he would be quite destructive if allowed to be!
Later we went to see my Mum who has a six year old West Highland Terrier. Usually Rascal is full of beans and is happy to play but today he was rather grumpy and didn't enjoy Jet's requests to play tug, chase and fetch. Jet was on best behaviour though and soon learnt that Rascal wasn't up for playing, no matter how nicely he asked. I am confident that Jet is happy with small dogs and hopefully we'll meet a larger dog soon to see if he is as sociable with them too. During our visit he found his 'big boy' voice and we were really surprised to hear a deep bark and growl come from him. Up until now we'd only heard his puppy voice and it was odd to see him with his scruff up and shouting - even though his tail was still wagging!
Jet is now exhausted from his action packed day and is lying dreaming at my feet. Hopfully he'll be fully rested for his trip to the vets for his micochipping and vaccinations tomrrow. Car trips seem to be traumatic so we'll see how well it goes. I've promised him a nice walk and trip to feed the ducks if he's a good boy!!!
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