Basically it was time for Gel's 'weigh'n'worm' and I also had a little worry about him panting excessively after a run the other day so wanted his heart listening to, so off we went to the vets and she was so pleased and complimentary about his behaviour. She actually said 'Wow, his training is going really well obviously' (I don't think she was being sarcastic).
He is given a lot of training by me and the children and it seems to be paying off, he now walks calmly past people and other dogs, CAN greet other dogs politely and play nicely off-lead, even coming when I call (or run the other way shouting Gel-ert), I can leave him happy in the house for up to 2 hours,and everyone (mostly) he meets says what a calm steady, lovely, confident fella he is. I am massively aware that as he's coming up for 6 months a lot of this may change dramatically but just for now, bearing in mind the wobbles I've had since getting him,the S.A., the mad behaviour with other dogs when I thought he was going to be out of control and waaaay too much for me to cope with, thanks to advice from this forum, I feel much more confident in our ability to train each other and also thought it'd be good for people who may be having difficulties right now that things do, indeed get different.
His heart is fine by the way and he now weighs a massive 32 and a half lbs and is 22" tall....bonsai greyhound...mutter ...mutter
