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Meeko understands sit very well, we are working on stay, he is getting better. I have been asking him to “come” every time I get up and move around the house, when we go outside on leash, when he needs his pee keeping the leash loose and walk a bit down the street a bit further each day. Keep repeating “Meeko come” when I feel him starting to wonder or get distracted.
I have been Saying “Look at me”, when we stop every few feet on the walk, I get his attention and wait for him to look at me, he will but LOL seems to lose it when we start walking, I have been working on “packing in” (changing direction when he gets in front of me) our walk consists of changing position every couple steps, LOL but I am persistent I will get it!
Although, most of the time my husband will hold the lease when we go on our long walk after dinner, he does better with him walking then I do. He can just take the leash and go. But the last 2 days have been very strange, Meeko will check in while he is walking with him, all of a sudden we have noticed that he is looking at me and checking in with me constantly. Weird, He has been keeping his eye on me while my husband is on leash with him. Is that normal? But as soon as I take the leash, he is off in his own little world again.
I will for sure try your “leave it" method! Give him something to tack too.
Our “Relax” LOL was put to the test too, this evening. Ya, he’s not there yet! The neighbour across the street came home with a brand new puppy a couple days ago. Their daughter, since she saw Meeko wanted a puppy ever since, so they got a little cocker spaniel, he’s adorable. She came across the street to chat with her little guy, Meeko was so excited and just would not calm down. Way over his threshold!! I have contacted a trainer, and will most likely get him to come and help address the issue.
Barkingdog mentioned about herding which I agree, I think he has such a strong instinct, I see it with the cats. He will nip them to get them to move, to chase them. I had a couple instances when I was trying to get a couple of them to move, It was funny, he came up to them with me and bumped them on the butt, like helping me get them to move up the stairs, so I could close the gate.
The cats when they are bombarded by Meeko, won't run from him, he is not biting or nipping hard, but the cats make it sound worse than it is. He did bite Taz, our second oldest when we first brought him home, with his sharp teeth he did puncture, but he has not punctured the cats since, and from watching very closely and monitoring how he is putting his mouth on the cats, he is not biting. So his bite inhibition seems to be good.
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