That’s odd, here it is again

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0e2aBuWCrHdA4LJIVp2l3HgoQ

I’ve read it several times and I’m still unsure about “You can also play with eye contact and positioning him against your body – more in front when you want to add pressure and more to the side when you want to release some of that pressure”

Is there a video of this?

Siiiit with food pouch

I tried again an hour after he had a small dinner and it went a lot better than the first try.

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0c93SKIYbE_bXfbwAq_l1Kv1A

Here is the earlier video of me putting on his head harness https://share.icloud.com/photos/056UE02h10PmxIOEJ4Mro6G-Q

This morning right after they ate breakfast and had time to potty in the yard, we went out and returned about 4 hours later. Oliver was highly aroused but responsive to commands when I went to the car to get his food pouch. https://share.icloud.com/photos/0a8X5uYdzJVGck5bPuioGFcbQ

when I introduced the food pouch his arousal escalated but not for the food or the pouch https://share.icloud.com/photos/0e77SwJs3sADXJAtZJnKhJ75g

I put his head harness on in the truck and when I released him to walk across the street to the park he began screaming so I picked him up and carried him. (I think my son was still filming and will ask for the video)

when we got to the park he was running, screaming, jumping up on trees and then grabbing for the leash. I had the muzzle in my pocket and showed it to him and he stopped trying to grab the leash. After he pooped he was calmer so we walked home and got Zooey and I took them both for a walk. He was still aroused, pulling, sniffing , jumping on trees and circling back to us. Zooey is a savvy rescue and knows how to duck and avoid conflict however she has gotten in a few tussles with him so I am vigilant. After we walked another 10 minutes and pooped a second time, he was calm and relaxed.

I will try to engage him with the food pouch again in a little while.

The last post was about hide and seek and it seems yesterday’s post was stuck in a cue because now I can see it.

Seems my reply didn’t save/send, I will try to recreate it.
How often do we train? We attend a distance coursework class every Monday evening from 4-5pm and competition coursework class every Wednesday morning from 10-11:30. This week we also attended a half day afternoon seminar on Tuesday from 1-4:30pm on discrimination skills.
Why does a trainer have to be out, will he interact with him/her if he is inside? A few weeks ago at the Monday evening class he left me and ran towards the trainer, barking, jumping and tore the sleeve of her coat before I could get him. Since then she has been setting up the distance challenge and leaving the arena. Since then, on Wednesdays I take a leash into the arena and  if our Wednesday coach comes in, I clip him to the leash however he has never reacted to her. On Tuesday, as discussed in advance with the trainer, he worked without incident at the seminar and we used 2-3 obstacles for each discrimination game.
On Monday we train in a dirt arena, the others are turf and we had done a 3 day weekend trial at the dirt arena before the incident on Monday night. Outside there was mud, ice and gravel and I discovered that his paws were red, swollen and hot. Since then I have been checking and treating his paws regularly.
Daily feeding routine- we feed a complete raw food and add kelp, probiotic supplements, omega 3 and joint supplements twice a day, around 7am and 5 pm. Oliver loves veggies so he also gets low starch veggies in meals and as treats such as broccoli, squash, cabbage, carrots. On days when he is getting kibble or treats he gets about 30 grams of raw meat twice a day and on days when we are not training but hiking or walking without much food he gets about 40 grams of raw meat.
Oliver loves routine and next Monday I will try feeding him some of his dinner before class to reduce his arousal. He seemed hangry.
When he was a puppy and we were working, we had a walker come Monday- Friday at 11am and 3pm. For 6 years he would only poop on leash at 11am and 3pm. If I was traveling without him on a weekend, he would hold it for days. When we got a puppy a year ago, he started pooping in the yard as needed.
Almost every evening when I go to rest in the living room I offer Oliver something to chew on. At one time I was reconstructing the mail with hidden treats in envelopes and boxes, all nested for him to tear up but the clean up just became too much. I began offering Farm Hounds tendons, duck feet and chicken necks but once I introduced ocean chews dried wolfish skins, he prefers them.
As Oliver and I increased our time together he has tried resource guarding me. He has gone after my adult son when Adam would jump up off the couch and startle him and I if we were resting in the living room in the evening.  Now every evening I have him on a leash in the living room and the behavior stopped. But last week he was on my lap and my sister approached me to look at my phone and he growled at her. He was on a leash so I corrected him and put him on the floor.
I am looking forward to understanding an anticipation freeze on a toy.
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I do not use a kennel for the car, he is buckled to his harness in the backseat