the new gentle lead headcollar...

henry did not like it the first time i put it on... (isn't he good at looking so sad!?)

he ignored me and wouldn't look at me even though i was holding one of his favorite treats!

then i found him pouting in the corner

and then he did something he had never done before...he put his face in his toy basket and kept it there for like 5 minutes! drama drama drama!

i'm trying to hold strong...here are some of the other things the trainer said to do at the 'behavior agression' private lesson:

-henry can no longer sleep in my bed (confuses him who is 'alpha'...i'm sad about this)

-henry cannot sit in my lap unless he's invited! (i thought it was cute when he would come sit in my lap...the problem of the small cute dog...)

-i can only put his food in front of him once a day for 20 minutes. he eats or he doesn't...(henry's a grazer right now and eats when he pleases)

-henry has to be in his crate in the backseat or a carseat when riding in the car (for safety for both of us)
-every time he pulls on the leash (which is a TON less with the new collar) he has to sit and look at me, and i have to give him a treat to reinforce it. this is going to be time consuming!

hopefully this will help henry and his anxiety/agression/alpha-seeker problems. two people recently told me they think henry has ADD...i guess i'll tackle one problem at a time!