Just wanted to have a vent and figured this group is a good place to do so. Today I had a phonecall from the Police along the lines of... "Someone has called us to report there are dogs left in a hot van. Can you go and release them immediately and call us back" So I run back to the van. The dogs are sleeping of course, and there is no one in sight. I called them back and honestly I was a bit pissed off because the caller had obviously left out so much context in their phone call... and not even hung around so I couldn't even confront them about doing so. - My van was parked in the shade - It had a vent lock on so air is flowing into the back constantly - It has a fan - It had an aluminum sheet over to reflect the sun - even though it is parked in the shade - The windows in the cab were open - I was in the park nearby And if all that fails? There is literally a digital thermometer that messages me if it is getting too hot. The lady on the phone asked me to hang around so the police can check all of this. They arrived literally minutes later and clearly immediately realized this was ridiculous. One of them said to another "I can't believe this was a code 1" - which I'm guessing means urgent. Which would explain two police cars getting there so quickly. 😠

I decided to focus completely on the front position today. It's not his favourite to do because I'm using food and he really just wants the toy. The compromise I made was about 5 reps with food and then jackpot with toy and repeat. It's a work in progress. He is often not perfectly straight or as close as I would like but I am slowly trying to shape it in that direction. I don't want to kill his motivation by demanding perfection at this stage. I think I should try to find a minute to review Tobias's videos and see if there is anything I've forgotten when I get a chance. I was up really late last night which means I didn't get much sleep so I've spent all of today very tired. At one point whilst I was parked up in my car I felt myself falling asleep 🤦‍♂️