Just a wee update.
Raine is finally making progress on the self contol front with regards to the other dogs. A long-standing problem (learned on her first walk thanks to River) is her reaction to the excitement of starting our walks; she will charge, barge and bite (CBB) the other dogs, especially River. This has started scraps in the past (understandably, I think) and she can be extremely unpleasant with it - not to mention uncontrollable!
Management has been the main thing to date; keeping hold of her at trigger times (house to car, leaving car, first 5 minutes of the walk, not having toys when her and River walk together), while at the same time, working on her responsiveness to me and rewarding the good stuff.
Yesterday, we managed an entire walk without her even attempting to CBB; today, although she did try, she stopped every time I asked her to and was very attentive for the whole walk. Fantastic!
Paige's update isn't quite so exciting, although it's good in a way. She had an x-ray on her dislocated toe on Monday; for the week before it had been swollen and sticking out a bit because it is so fat, with no sign of going back to normal so she went in.
Result is no fractures or boney changes or damage; no fluid; just soft tissue changes. Good news, although the downside is that soft tissue damage takes an age to heal - and while we may defeat the lameness-after-running in time (possibly months), her toe may always be fat and sticking out. But hey, at least it isn't broken; and at least the chances are very good she'll be able to run as normal in time.
Meantime, I've just got the fun task of trying to build her running up "gently". Hmm. Yes.
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