Gill Tuxworth Ltd Canine Consultant T/A Top Dog

Well, here we are in November 2011, where has the time gone?

Jed is still part of the family and his forte is in baby-sitting, he plays and cares for all our young visitors. He may still have difficulty in interacting with humans, and who can blame him after his start in life, but he speaks canine and has an affinity with every dog he meets, especially the younger ones

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He is still psychologically damaged but is making progress all the time. He is no longer frightened of visitors; he just takes his time to get to know them but will allow them to interact with him after a few minutes He does not like his collar being held but, given the option of flight, he will choose to stay with you and be brushed, ears cleaned and teeth examined. We respect his wishes and do not hold on to him and he respects and trusts us not to hurt him

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He is gradually moving into another phase of his life where, instead of shutting down and not allowing himself to feel or react, he now reacts to situations and responds to our leadership. He barks at perceived danger but is happy to give the role of decision maker to us. He reacted, for the first time this year to fireworks but responded beautifully to our response and he now wags his tail in pleasure or anticipated pleasure and allows himself to smile, as only Jed can.

We do not focus on how far we have to go but on what he has achieved in his time with us. We wait to see if we can eventually take him out on a lead as at the moment he still reacts, but not as severely, to the sight of a lead. We can only imagine what has happened to him for him to react in this way but he will walk with us around the house and garden without a lead.

He is a wonderful boy to live with and continues to teach me canine every day.