Check out my back cross

Kozmo had a great week. He was amazing during Rally class. He did every thing I asked and even learned a few new things. Even more impressive than his behavior in the ring was how Kozmo behaved out of the ring waiting for his turn. During most of our classes each dog has an area separated by fences. There is a clear boundary between each dog. Rally class is in a smaller room with a few more dogs so we sit fairly close together with nothing physically separating each pair. I gave Kozmo his bone and he laid down in front of me, happily chewing and ignoring the other dogs. I was so proud, this is such an improvement from the wild puppy who couldn't sit still in class.

Since we are trying to socialize Kozmo so that he can play with other dogs we've decided to take Koz to doggy day care once a week. Since he is so tired after day care we are using this tired good dog thing to our advantage and he goes to day care on the same day he has agility class. This week our morning routine went better and when I dropped Kozmo off he remembered the place and walked right in with his head held high and a little wiggle in his step.When I cam back to pick up Kozmo the  report was that he improved 75% from his first day. He played more appropriately with the other dogs and listened to the nice lady in charge.

Our agility class this week seemed to be the perfect combination of hard work, Kozmo turning a corner, and being good and tired after a day at doggy day care. Kozmo was amazing, he listened to me, he did every obstacle, and he even did a few runs through each course off leash!! It was a great night and the other human was able to capture the video below.

Check out my back cross....I send Kozmo over the 4th jump and cross behind him to end up with the dog on my left before sending him over the 5th and final jump. I'm pretty proud of Kozmo and me. He has made so much progress in the 8 short months since he came into, and changed, our lives.

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