Offtt testing me today, he's been wild around other dogs and people, honestly having Lyon on lead can be like flying a kite!! He's wants to speak to everyone and just flings himself around. I'm not overly worried but I'm aware the excitement could flip into frustration. A bit of condition training at home and some heel on our walk and then it was training class where he was wild as a hawk but managed some nice heelwork and food refusal. The long stay was non existent 🙈 I know the inconsistency is age appropriate....I can't wait until he is a year old, 5 months to go 😱

Another day of conditioning. I’m actually soooo bored with the program now but I do understand that we need to build it up slowly. It takes me about 20min 4 times a week so I feel that’s all we train atm. I’m also being a bit dramatic 😄 Couple of heelwork steps in the end for some fun. Moving back in the middle position because he keeps trying to turn his head to look at me from the side and that makes him hop 🐰

Big beach walk in the morning. It’s warming up so both dogs enjoyed a swim. Oreo HATES the wash off after so another challenge added to the list. I had to let my neighbor know he’s very much alive and fine despite the screaming 🙈 PM- crate training with car crates. I thought they will freak out but they really couldn’t care less. Frank even didn’t want to come out in the end. That’s a win in the books 😄

am - conditioning stuff Lunchtime - hunting and retrieving pm - longest walk yet, only a wee bit of training stay and heel. Such a good day Still working on Lyon understanding he has back feet, I think it needs a few short sessions over one day but he is improving. Had fun on our long walk, that was 1.5hrs in the woods, he is 7 months now and I don't expect him to grow much more so I think I can take the brakes off a wee bit 2 or 3 times a week?

I was away on a day out to see my friends new horse and discovered horses give Lyon the zoomies. I've always been around horses until recently so he is my first dog that knows nothing about them. It was interesting and a wee bit sad. Didn't do any training just walked around, he was on his flexi. On the way home there was a big crash on the main road and then crashes on the diverted roads so I couldn't get home for hours. We pulled over at one point on the hill road and did some retrieves into the heather. He did brilliant, he was beginning to get his eye in and do less searching. My pet brain wants him searching for ages on every retrieve but my gundog brain loves to see him judge well where the dummy landed and have minimal searching.