Bear the Cavapoo - 2 Weeks Assistance Dog Residential Stay - Silver Award

Bear the Cavapoo has completed his 2 week silver assistance dog residential stay. Bear started getting worried about men fairly recently and he generally lacks in confidence therefore a large amount of his stay consisted of confidence building in environments which he finds overwhelming.
We also worked heavily on Bear’s focus and interest around other dogs. He’s hit adolescence and is very distracted by his hormones around other dogs. Now bear has much more focus around dogs and can disengage much easier.
With continued exposure and confidence building he hope that Bear will pass his temperament test in time. However, right now ensuring he’s happy and relaxed in his surroundings is priority before he progresses onto assistance training in these types of environments.
Good luck little Bear! 🐻