Eventually got some daylight time in the saddle now its fitted so I got Carlos out on his first hack around the yard. We didn't get far as the sun was setting but he was happy to be out.
His little ears were pricked forwards the whole way along the road and back. He was well bahaved and not half as spooky as I thought he would be, but he did find the drains and potholes terrifying. The first drain we came to he didn't see until the last minute and gave himself an even bigger fright as he slipped a lttle as he spooked at it.
I just gave his neck a rub and put my leg on passing every drain and pothole after that and he was walking past them with only a little bit fear on the way back down.
He still struggles with the drain at our wash area. I make a point of taking him in there everytime we pass it and he gets a rewarded once stood. Today he went in after a about a minute which is the fastest time yet. However once in there I turned him a different way to normal when bringing him back out which resulted in me nearly being flatted by him! He's really stupid as he really would just run me over and he was spooking at the hosepipe because it was laid on the floor rather than hooked around the tap like it normally is. I relly need to get him to respect my space and stop running me down when something worries him.
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