I have to say that however good Fig is and however much his aggressive behavior towards other animals have improved I am worried about our up and coming vacation, I am not sure that I can cope with a barking dog farm experience.

You see I am having a wobbly day, Figs lapse last week during the heatwave has slightly dented my confidence. It brought home to me the fact that we have trained him for the things that occur in his daily life but that events outside your control can upset routine and undo a lot of your hard work.

Anyway we have about 8 weeks to go before we go away so I think that it is time for a to start a routine to start to desensitize him to a new environment i.e. the sea, farms, farm animals and so on. Research, preparation and training is going to be key to having a nice relaxing family vaccation.

I’ll let you know how it goes! Needless to say the dog training manual is being dusted off as we speak lol