The Trainer

The very day I contacted the trainer, he had time to come to the house and check out my nutty poodle.  We took him to the park and walked for about an hour.  The trainer changed his collar, and that was the breakthrough I wanted. 

The trainer is a guy about 50, a professional of animal behavior, who specializes in dogs, cats, and ferrets.  He said Toots was highly trainable but very "intense".  We are going to schedule 15 sessions plus a new collar.  Meantime, I took the Toots to the quinta with me yesterday when I went to deal with my other animal problem, Gitano, who behaved like a gentleman and galloped with the correct lead for once.  The Toots spent the whole time a full blower tearing around the quinta from one end to the other until I thought he would drop, so today he gets a rest.  I don't, however, so off I go to the park.  More later.