Apaches great success

I will update you all on what's been going on in my dog pack lately but this post is all a celebration of Apache! He was so badly kicked and abused that when I started trainging him he didnt trust humans and could not be close enough to eat a treat out of my hand. Teaching him to trust me and to sit next to me in a heeling position with me standing still was hard, but teaching him to not flee in terror when my leg moved into a step was even harder and the first time I succeeded I cried in joy, it was HUGE!

Here's his first steps that was caught on video but not the actual first steps that made me cry. Still huge!

It's almost difficult to comprehend that it's the same dog I have today. This is our heelwork today.

And he was also beaten with a cane. This is where we started out in february 2014.

And this is what he learned in ONE session yesterday, august 2nd 2015.

I can't believe it's the same dog! I am so proud of his progress that I have tears in my eyes just thinking back on our journey! Apache, I love you! And now that he has conquered his fears of sticks, there is SO much we will work on the rest of this summer! Yay!!