Baron and Bela do 90% of their training completely off-leash now. If they have a leash on them it is either a light check cord or a 6ft leash that they drag behind them. Most of the time they are leash free. They will perform sit and down-stay at distances, they are heeling off-leash either separate or together with both at my left side, they are learning to sit before coming out of their crates, putting their collar on, going outside, or getting fed. Bela has an excellent focus when heeling. We have also been working hard with reverting their dropping into a down from the sit. One of our greatest challenges has been to teach each dog to "honor" the other. In other words, if I give one dog a command, I may not want BOTH of them to do it. I have been teaching one dog to go to a "place" while I require the other dog to perform their "action" commands such as "heel" and "come". This is quite a challenge because they are so bonded to each other. They are improving each day with this. They have a tendency to want to "steal" things and therefore we have taught them the "drop" command. They now give up their possession easily. Their energy in the house is much more controllable and they are much more responsive to our commands.
