Last Friday, the kids and I ventured to Ione for me to have my lesson with Melissa and Harley. We got some video footage. I really can't explain in words what went on...or words wouldn't be adequate. But one of the things that struck me is that Harley is very focused on Melissa. The time they spent in the round pen, Harley asked questions...a lot of them. Even after just 4 days, he wasn't assuming nearly so much as he did previously. Before it was a mentally braced (and physically, too) "What will it take for you to go away, human?" He loves interactions with humans, but not in a training situation.

I noticed that Harley was asking questions of Melissa...with a softness and willingness...that I hadn't seen before. Additionally, his ears were always indicating he was paying attention to her. This is a huge change as well. Before his attention would be everywhere else. Humans asking him to do things in a round pen were like the flies landing on his chest...there to deal with.

I am extremely optimistic about the changes that I have seen already in Harley. I hope you will visit his video that just shows one tiny snippet of what is going on. http://www.dropshots.com/wolfwacky When you click on the link it is under today's date, April 23. It is a video just under 5 minutes long and I had to compress it quite a bit, so the quality isn't the best.