You'd think that I would have been able to train my dogs more while I was unemployed while in fact the training stopped completely - things just got too stressful and busy.
Now that things are getting back to normal we can go back to training and what could be a better training opportunity than the Halloween night.
Considering the problem that I was trying to solve with Mozart - barking at strange people, Halloween night seemed like the best chance to meet lots of strange people.
Little one got invited to go trick-or-treating with her friend so I asked if I can bring Mozart. I wish I was better prepared and had a costume for him and a good basket to carry around, but I had to live with what I had. AS a result Mozart had no costume and was carrying a Easter bucket around, so I was telling people that he is an Easter bunny.
Mozart was a hit of the night. People simply couldn't believe that the dog can carry a bucket around in his mouth. Mozart's job was to carry the bucket, sit politely while people were putting candies in it and if we got really lucky - sit politely for petting.
I think the night was absolute success as I managed to expose him to lots of running and screaming children in funny clothes not to mention the number of "sits for exam" we accomplished.
I wish Halloween was a once a month thing, we would have done so much training!:-)
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