Its always great to hear how well a SHAK dog is doing in his or her "Forever Foster" home, and to hear how the training/development plan that goes home with the dog is going. This week Till (Boris as he was known) passed his novice exam at the dog training class. Remember this is a dog who was left with nothing after his owner died, and had spent the majority of his life living outside in a haulage yard. A very proud Mam (and rightly so) sent me these photographs of Till being presented his certificate by trainer Sue Chambers.
"We had a fantastic night last night at dog club! How Till has progressed, you would have had a tear in your eye as he was doing all he should (not so good with the dumb-bell yet but it is very early days) in the most calm and friendly way of any dog I have seen. All testament to what time and patience can do. I think that Novice 1 is too easy for him. He was great at "positions" on the box, heelwork etc. as well as making friends with many other dogs and not grabbing the teats quite so enthusiastically."
Time and patience indeed Helen, and a great family to help him through. Thank you for being there for Till