30. September 2008 by admin.

Ok, its been a few months things are actually getting worse.  JJ is now showing fear when walking past men.  He tucks his tail when we are out, wants to sit and turn towards the man.  If we are walking past he tucks, slinks and pulls on his harness/leash.  He will push me away, almost knocking me over to get further from people.   He barked at people that he normally doesnt bark at.  I decided to get him evaluated again by a Service Dog trainer and evaluator.  Now of course he passed the evaluation with flying colors, but there was another dog there.  During the meeting with the SD trainer, you could see that he was nervous, but again did better with another dog there.  However, he did a greet with the other dog and didnt like that they got nose to nose. He nipped at the other dog and barked.   We decided to get JJ neutered to see if that would help.  JJ also met with the head trainer at Partners Dog Training in Cave Creek AZ.   They feel is workable, but its going to continue to push him and force him into obedience.  Now they ONLY saw him in their training facility with other dogs around and lots of women trainers.   He still had some trouble focusing, but you could see if was breaking his spirit to forced into that.  I dont want to break his spirit and I dont want to force him into a job that he doesnt want to do.   JJ continues to panic and show anxiety at church even when away off in the corner.  He is afraid of the people walking by, stacking chairs, etc.  Its very stange how all of a sudden this behavior came on.   Still watching and workin, but its now been 6 months.  I am now starting to think about training another dog and doing research.

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10. June 2008 by admin.

We noticed back in April while on our trip to Florida that JJ was having some “issues” with men.  Barking an alert on occasion; but we just chalked it up to the Beaucey behaviors.  Talked with some trainers/breeders about this and stepped up his training.  Since at the end of April he had all the blood work and health tests that ruled everything out, we knew it wasn’t that.  However the problems continued to get worse.  I spoke with the breeder and some other dog friends.  We thought we would wait it out, maybe its a fear period coming late.  We continue with working and training.

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14. May 2008 by admin.

Up to this point JJ has gone through Puppy Kindergarten and Novice/basic obedience classes at First Friend K9.  JJ has passed both classes with flying colors and perfect attendance.  We also worked one on one in public with Michelle from A Wag In Time.   We had an evaluation done by Ann Austin of Cave Creek, AZ.   JJ participated in one dog show and received best of opposite sex and winners.  He also had his eyes Cerf’d on Sept 15th, 2007.  JJ received his AKC Canine Good Citizen September 30th, 2007 while doing a Meet the breed and being a Canine Ambassador.

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