I ended up taking Iggy to class last night because Lynn offered to come and help. She is rewarding him for staying in his crate while I teach with the door open. We worked on it two weeks ago and he did very well only had the door closed once when the second class came in and everyone started barking. Last night Lynn only used half his dinner and was usually about 15 feet from the crate. I also brought him out and did some RZ walking towards Lynn and even pushed her bending forward and he did great. I then did sits while walking and a dog barked just as I gave the cue so he missed it but after that nailed it. I kept him on leash outside for the whole day and gave him 30 minutes of freedom while we watched TV after I go home.
Looking back I think I had just pushed too hard and this dog cannot deal with working too hard. I pray :) that one day he will be able to function as a working dog and have house freedom but I really have to accept he may never :(. I also have to look at it that the only way I am going to discover his limit is to sometimes go over it like I did last week and recognize it and regroup.
Today so far we haven't done much just walked to the end of the driveway this morning and played tug with some recalls using Iggy and Come.
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