Well..............this has been a real mixed week, Shadow attended his first puppy class. He was quite good really, except i have realised he is not very confident around other dogs, he was the only one in the class who was barking!! Was given a good tip on how to quieten him though, the trainer suggested taking his collar in both hands, gently pulling him around to face me whilst telling him no, and because he was no longer looking at what was making him bark he stopped, had to repeat it quite a few times, but must admit by the end of the evening he was behaving much better. The actual work we did with them was a piece of cake for him as I have already taught, 'down', 'sit' and 'give paw'. Think it might get a bit tougher next week though, because he does pull on the lead when anything exciting is going on, and we are going to be doing some heel work.
He's also playing up more now he has settled in,he is starting to look for mischief and gets really naughty when you tell him off, he makes a grab at your hand and if he catches you with his puppy teeth it can really hurt. Hope he starts to develop a more mature attitude soon!! He is also silly for the first few yards when you take him out on the lead, either grabbing and chewing the lead or your leg!! Guess a lot of this will cease with age/maturity but it certainly makes him a handful at times!!