Some of you may remember Jasper the French Briard I am working with. He has has been doing well but lately had a few setbacks with his owner. He owner notified me quickly and we are now tweaking his behavior modification program. Some breeds of dogs that have very powerful herding instincts can be very challenging to redirect. Jasper needs a little more work channeling his instincts into ball play and other compatble behaviors. Jasper enjoys biting the leash and jumping on his owner when he gets bored or is idle for a period of time. This is quite problematic since Jasper only directs this behavior towards his owner making it difficult for me to observe or work on! LOL. I have several different ideas on how I can approach and correct this last but very weak area. Jasper is a very clever dog and a little too smart for his own good! LOL I look forward to going forward and grafting the great behavior he has with me and my family onto his owner.