February 4th

The clinic finished yesterday.  I had a wonderful time and the feedback has been excellent. I will miss everyone.  All the dogs made huge changes including Oscar.  He stopped barking and kicking off at the slightest movement towards him and stayed calm and focused even when other dogs and people were passing closely by him .  In my experience dogs that have concerns about movement around them or towards them are often carrying s significant amount of tension through the neck - the same is also true of horses.   I taught the group the importance of working slowly and mindfully around the head and upper part of the neck for spooky dogs and it had a pretty dramatic effect on Oscar. I really love my job.

Daisy and I went to lunch with Lindy who runs the horse courses here in South Africa and we called in to see her stunning horse Casper.  We had had a great evening with both Lindy and her husband Rick the night before (love these people - thank you both for the wonderful meal and great company) and Rick has offered to lend me a super duper camera lens for our trip to the Kruger National Park.  We then went shopping with Eugenie before doing laundry and packing ready for an early start tomorrow.

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