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I just found out I have to move a week sooner than I thought and I'm starting to panic that I'll do something to mess up all my training with Kaiser..

What I'm worried about the most is that I know we will have to start obedience and walking on a leash all over again. From experience when I go home on weekends, all of the good behaviour that he has here goes out the window when we're there. I think a lot of it is that he's all of a sudden with two other dogs and a bunch of familiar but novel and exciting people. And since we have to start over, and are not very far in target training and those things, I'm worried that our target training will got lost in the need to retrain for everything else.

I have to leave Sunday in order to be at my new job Monday. Oi.. Yvonne is coming this afternoon for a visit so I'll talk to her and see if there's anything that can help ease the transition but I'm dreading dealing with an untrained dog all over again.. It's a good thing I only have to be at work for a few hours the first week, it'll give me the chance to get his obedience back under control right away.. His crate and all toys and such are coming with us (his crate normally doesn't come with us when we go on weekends) so that should make it a little easier. Luckily for the month of May I'll be working only Mondays and Fridays, so I'll have most of the week to keep training. Then when I'm full time in June he'll be better behaved with my mom for 9 hours every day..

That is going to be tough. But at least you know ahead of time that you'll have to start over. Could you imagine if you thought he would be fine, and then when you got there he wasn't? Try to stay positive, it's just something you'll have to deal with and at least you're prepared. Just stick to the guns and act as if nothing has changed, don't let him test his limits. Definitely talk to Yvonne and see what she says. We she still be able to come visit you at you're parent's?

I think it will be alright, but it's stressful all the same.. It's hard to know that he's going to be all annoying and irritating and ignoring me again though I've had enough of that already, I don't want to do it again.. Oh well, it'll be good for him I guess, one step closer to learning he has to obey whether we're at home or not.. And this is good for him altogether, with the swimming and the running and everything..

The beautiful things about Yvonne is that she actually already lives much closer to my parents' house, she's a half hour from them and an hour from me.. My vet is my parents' vet, and as a result she is about 2 hours away from me, but I have an emergency number for here that I can call if needed..

You're right, it is going to be stressful, but he would have to learn he has to obey you everywhere, sooner or later. And that's great that Yvonne will be so close! I am sure that all that running and swimming will wear him out too, and hopefully he will be calmer in the house, and more obedient. And think of all the progress you will have made by the time you move back home! Matt will be impressed I am sure
Good luck!