Ole does a road trip

Ole has gotten the basic idea that outside is where dogs potty. He goes to the door and looks at me when he needs to go out. We're making some real progress here! He's by no means house broken yet, but we see light at the end of the tunnel. Puppies must go at least 6 weeks w/o a mistake in the house before you can be pretty sure they are house broken, and that doesn't mean that they understand this principle in someone elses house. They just don't generalize learning easily.
I walked Ole to the post office this morning. It was a combo walk, as I needed to mail a letter and he needs ongoing exposure and training around bikes, skateboarders, joggers and skaters. Mission and Pacific Beach have tons of those so I had to get cracken on it. I loaded my pocket with some treats and everytime I saw him begin to stare at one of those afore mentioned things, I said his name and quickly brought a treat to his nose. As soon as he smelled the treat it took his focus off the fast moving and noisy object and I was able to quietly praise him and then toss the treat on the ground. This put his focus on the ground instead of the exciting moving thing and he got to find the treat which was fun for him. We met friends along the way who all had something to say either about his goofy cone head ears or the size of his snow shoe feet. It was about a mile walk roundtrip so by the time we got home he was ready for a nap ( so he could grow). Into the crate he went and I got to work on a mass of things needing my attention.
Wednesday is nosework class in Tustin for Shelly and Elmo. I had promised everyone in the class that Ole would make an appearance. They are all real dog people so Ole geared up for his debut. It was Donna's turn to drive so the accommodations were a tad tight in her toyota but we all squeezed in. Once we arrived at class, Ole was on his best manners and charmed everyone , then he and Elmo went into my extra large soft sided crate and Shelly hung out in the car (in the shade) outside and Ginger stayed on her mat. In nosework class the dogs work individually one owner / dog team at a time and it is held in a 1500 sq. foot building. Ole did not get to participate but he got to watch which can be very helpful in their learning process. Shelly and Elmo and Ginger did great found all their finds and were introduced to their newest odor which is clove.
At the end of class, I fed Ole ,I had brought his dinner with us as I knew he would be hungry as a bear by the time class was finished and then we headed home.