This is blind Shep, the dog who arrived from Afghanistan at the end of May, out and about this afternoon for some leash training with his "coach," Jennifer J. from Portland, Oregon. Jennifer has been a fabulous supporter of the ranch and was here this weekend to lend a hand. She also brought some Portland weather with her — lots of rain, which here in the dry Rockies we are always happy to see. One of Jennifer’s projects today was working with Shep on his leash skills, something we started doing shortly after he came.
Shep is doing really well and is quickly figuring out how to walk quietly on a leash without getting tangled up underfoot. (When you’re blind this takes a bit more practice.) As you see in this next photo, though, he also had some ideas of his own on how this is supposed to work:
Shep’s two weeks in isolation are about to end, and in a couple of days he will be able to meet and play with the other dogs. But meanwhile there is this leash thing to master, so up and down the wet drive they went, teacher and student:
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