During her first two weeks with Mark, Poppy was extremely
shy and panicked in the face of most new things – especially new people. This is a video of Poppy after approximately two
weeks of training. Mark took her on a
two mile hike where she ran into a number of dogs and people and did reasonably
well along the way with training help. Towards
the end of their hike they reached a spot where there were a number of people
and dogs clustered together. As is seen
in this video, Poppy is fairly overwhelmed by the presence of these people even
though they are not near her or focused on her. Earlier on the walk Mark had
been able to use food rewards to help her remain relatively calm and relaxed which
was a nice improvement for her at this time but upon seeing the group of people
she was too overwhelmed to take food.
Even though she has made great strides in the first few weeks of
training, this shows that she still has a lot more work ahead of her.
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