I’m reconsidering Ruff Love. At least, reconsidering the concept of Ruff Love. Ellie definitely needs boundaries that are consistent. However, I’m finding the program hard to maintain to the letter because of my job responsibilities and the limited number of available hours during the day.

The major issues that I need to address:
- running off to self-reinforce when off-leash
- getting the toy/tuggie then running away instead of running back towards me
- motivation/drive/enthusiasm level while training (incorporating play into training)
- wavering attention during moving exercises - the time she stays with me while working needs to be built up.
- develop a very strong and reliable recall
- develop the retrieve as Susan demonstrated during the workshop
- eliminating on leash!
- maintaing/improving on-leash behavior while around other dogs
- perfect LLW