Nevada is coming along nicely. The shock of leaving track life and entering house life is starting to wane and he has been discovering a lot of new things. He has started to play with toys and today he felt comfortable enough to enter into a full roach position. He has come along nicely with the stairs. We have two very difficult stair runs. He goes up one run quite nicely however on the other run he panics and tries to jump up the top four steps in one single bound. Today I started placing treats on each of the steps in order to slow his ascent. This way he has to slow down and hit every step to get each treat.
Nevada got spooked on a walk the other day. A big loud noisy car came by and I think he got tangled up in his leash. The last two walks he has tried to head for the hills if a car gets near. Yesterday and today we have started to address this by standing on the front yard near the road and waiting for cars to go by. He got a tasty bit of hot dog before during and after the car passing. He responded well to this and I think we may have nipped this in the bud. I'm going to walk him by himself for a while though, so that I can give him the reassurance he needs, until he builds his confidence up.
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