2nd Lesson With Dr-Dogs

The 2nd lesson sees a few new participants besides those who attended on the 1st day.
There were a total of 3 new participants : Queenie, dunno what breed; a Pug whom I thought was a bulldog, dunno what name; and a really tiny tea-cup breed who came late. The class is getting pretty big!

Scallop as usual is timid and refuse to socialise with the others even though Max the cute little GR rushed to greet him the moment he stepped into the training grounds.
The setup for the day's main training area was huddles, and unfortunately for Scallop and me, we knocked down one of the poles and he was so badly frightened that he refused to go near them.

Some pictures before the videos:
Scallop unwilling to socialise...



Scallop being scared of the new Pug participant



Scallop ignoring the 'Down' order



Scallop after being 'forced' to stay down




Scallop showing off his superior 'Sit-Stay' endurance to new participant Queenie and the rest





Now the videos...
Our first attempt at hurdles, which knocked down the pole:



The second and third attempt which I literally have to pull him along, poor Scallop...





And the fourth attempt when he was really distressed :



The fifth attempt in a different location, but unfortunately we knocked down the pole again...



Eventually, we managed to coax him to go through the obstacle successfully a couple of times using..... what else but treats since he's a greedy pup... no videos or pics to show though as both of us are needed to get him to overcome his phobia somewhat.

After that is the usual walk past, dunno why Scallop always get to pair up with Travis the big GR. Only difference is that last week the handler was a mei mei, but this time around, handler was mei mei's dad... :(



Scallop's sit-stay is superior as usual





Unfortunately he shamed us by not being able to come when called... he actually ran to somebody else! The traitor!



Last exercise of the day, distraction, Scallop's performance has improved too as compared to last week



Besides the above, Scallop also managed to learn the 'Down' command successfully. Will be enforcing it the rest of the week so he'll have no problems in the next lesson.
Next week will be walking on balancing beam. Being one who's scared of heights, we foresee plenty of difficulty for poor Scallop.