Nothing makes Heinz more excited than -- well, anything that involves a leash. Thus, the mere picking up of the leash is liable to elicit a veritable torrent of excitement at our house! Now we know why the other family couldn't afford to keep him -- it wasn't the food, it was the industrial size barrels of Nature's Miracle they needed to clean the rugs every time they took him out!
But we aren't as dumb as we look either -- so now we keep the leashes outside! It's a lot easier to hose down the back deck than our rugs! So we are now in "desensitization training" with Heinz and the leash, where we repeatedly pick up the leash and touch him. He pees. We do it again. He pees. We continue this until he stops peeing. Then we touch him with the leash clip. He pees. We do it again. You get the picture.
Luckily, the leash and greeting me or Don, are the only things that set this off. The trainer said that some dogs have the amazing ability to roll over on their backs and spray everything around them! He never does this when he meets strangers, so if you run into us on a walk or at the pet store, don't worry -- your shoes are safe!
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