Bones’s favourite stop on our walk is the salad bar he finds in the lane way near our house. He gives it 5 paws 🐾

Thanks for answering my question about Bones - got to think through the logistics for sure but will give it a go. He absolutely knows place, we use it regularly but seems like not at the right times

Sorry I can’t watch live either. I have two questions - 1. How to best get Bones in the right head space (ideally quickly) to go for a walk? At the moment we can’t just grab the lead and go, I need to watch for calm body language, meds on board etc (and that usually means I am having to adjust my work day as first thing in the morning is too much. He’s not ready till like 2 hours after he wakes up). If he’s too hyper then we get zoomies and grabbing. 2. What do I do if it all goes to hell on a walk. He is SO much better than he used to be, it’s a rarity now (happened last week for the first time in a couple of months), but how to best stop the zoomy over excited grabbing of my arms and jumping if it all gets too much. Not reacting is good in theory but in practice is next to impossible.

We have two dogs, and basically I don’t walk them together! I dream of the day that I can but managing Bones’s overexcitement has been a challenge already so adding Bob in the mix has been too much yet. Bones’s walking has improved a huge amount, but it’s also contigent on seeing minimal dogs etc on our walks.

@Lex Stephens Bones is walking really well now for me too. I do a combo of close walking with me as well as sniffy points along the way, watching on how alert he is and which he needs more of. We do have to manage when he sees other dogs or people and getting too close (as he can get silly or, this morning he barked at a guy walking down the lane way past us) Bob is a 7 year old grey. We don’t do the same level of training with him. He walks ok, but he is very much a ‘sniff everything and wee on it walker). Also very different energy levels going on. Taking them both out at the same time is so much excitement, especially for Bones, that he forgets everything

Between work and a kiddo, live sessions are a challenge. Something I want to get to but it’s probably more on me to block time in my calendar for it