I hope you are still preparing and moving forward with everything, including
financially for you and your son.
With his 'problem' now brought to corporate level he is in jeopardy of either
losing his job or being told he has to go to rehab to keep it. HE IS PROGRESSING
IN HIS DISEASE.
Glad that your program is working and you were able to abstain from saying
anything. Your recovery sounds good! You are continuing to move forward!
Remember that Cesar says the 'human' MUST remain calm, even when the
canine is escalating. lol I know that can be hard. But with practice you will
become 'Calm and Assertive' with said pup all the time.
Something I have noticed that puppy's and my dogs too for that matter like
to play with are empty plastic water bottles. Something about the sound
they make when they are crunched. Of course, I have to keep an eye out
so that as soon as a 'piece' is removed or bottle is about to go into 100
pieces it is removed. If you are having trouble with pup when walking on
leash, get either Cesar's Easy Walker or a Martingale Harness for the pup.
He will pull less and be more inclined to 'listen'. It is not a regular harness,
it has a strap that goes across the chest so that if they pull into it, they
stop, versus pulling on a collar and choking themselves but still going for-
ward, lol
Puppies can be so much fun!!! but they can also be real PITAs (pain in the
ass) lol
Good job keeping your focus on puppy instead of AH. I agree with above
in that if you have to leave for a day or more again, to put puppy in a
boarding kennel. It was obvious he was missing you, that he was lying in
your closet on your things. Send something of yours (that it doesn't matter,
an old T-shirt, etc) with puppy to boarding kennel and he will be fine.
Nice to hear your growth!!! Keep up the good work.
Love and hugs,