Day Ten

Its incredible to see how quickly the synapses in his brain make connections. Although he tried to kill the butt rope initially, he learned to tolerate, and then accept it. Without actually telling me this, Cindy pointed out that I'm not rewarding him for every little bit he gives to me. He'll give and then I'll wait for something bigger to reward him for. Especially since we're beginning to work with him on giving to pressure, both at his side and at his head, this is going to be very important. I have to reward him when he does something correct, or else he'll get discouraged.

My personal after class work today got father than my in-class work did. He's giving to me, and this is important because not only does he have to learn the physical act of giving to pressure and to me, but he has to learn the mental act of submitting to his handlers. If he doesn't learn to submit, he hasn't got a chance in the real world.

Tomorrow's another day...