Closing day!

Looks like we are going to close on our house a couple of weeks early. Instead of waiting until the end of October to close on the house we will be closing on the 1st of October. Yeah! I get to decorate for Halloween! I know Toby will be so delighted when he sees his new back yard! I am sure the neighbors at the apartment are going to be glad. I am sure they are tired of hearing Toby bark at everything and everyone that moves. For the most part he is getting better at not barking but it is a continuous battle.

I took Toby back to the dog park the other day. It was almost dark when we got there but there were still lots of people there. This park stays very busy all day long and even into the night. The dog park is surrounded by several baseball fields and a outdoor skate park. When these parks are in use the lights carry over to the dog park so you can still see a little. Can't see into the woods but you can see where the dogs like to play. Anyway Toby and I got to stay there for about 1/2 hour. We are making progress when it comes to his self rewarding behavior. I think he has learned that if he doesn't play with the other dogs and instead goes into his self rewarding behavior 1) running around doing zoomies and barking or 2) going over to the fence and barking a the skate boarders or cars, game is over and we quietly pack up and go home. Smart Dog!

Classes are still going OK. Toby has not been allowed off leash during class. At first I thought man this sucks but in reality it is a good thing. There has been a couple of times that he has wanted to do the zoomies and instead has gotten a big correction. I did not do the correcting, he just forgot he was still on lead. Sorry Dude! Right now we are working on noises and different textures that he walks on. Every time I make a noise that Toby doesn't like he gets a treat. This way he is associating good stuff with the noise. Seems to be working. Its just hard getting to and giving a treat when you are sneezing. LOL