Rover
Rover is one smart cookie. Once a wild man, he is now a much calmer fellow. Rover spent a good deal of his puppyhood at the shelter where he was classified as energetic. When I started working with him he was just that; energetic to a fault. When I decided to really tell him I was the boss, he started coming around. Before long he was heeling and I gave him the treat of a walk around the shelter perimeter…outside the gate. Now he will sit in front of me and wait for directions. A complete turnaround.
We have Larry Campbell to thank for this. He is a local trainer who works with police dogs and the like. He came to work with Rover one day and had him wrapped around his little finger in no time flat. “You could teach this dog to do tricks!” he told the shelter staff. That put Rover in much higher graces with everyone. Nothing like having someone believe in you.
Rover loves frisbee. We played with a new one that I took him yesterday and he caught it three times. Once he almost did a back flip to catch it. All this dog needs is a good handler and he could be great. Come on, frisbee dog handlers, here’s your man.
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