Blue Trail out and back, Turkey Mountain

Date	Distance	Time	Elevation Gain	Average Moving Time	Year to Date Miles
3/17/2019	2.6 miles		504'		43.3

Map: Turkey Mountain Map
Parking: Parking lot off of Route 118
Directions: Blue trail to summit, and blue trail back down

We both woke up tired today. I had hoped to do 2 hikes today, but neither of us felt very energetic. We took Krummholz to Turkey Mountain, and decided to try the head halter I have for him. It's a K9 Bridle brand which I like better than other designs I've tried.. He is in the process of getting used to it. I'm going to start feeding him all of his meals while wearing it. It worked well. Sometimes there is light tension on the leash, but often none. My shoulder is so much happier! I brought along a ton of high value dog treats. Every time he gave me eye contact and was right at my side, I'd just give him a verbal marker & reward him. In addition to my in person dog training class, I'm signing up for an online class where we will be working with a head collar. Even though the head collar helps tremendously, I still need to train him to walk nicely, so eventually he can be weaned from it. Today we came across another off leash dog. It looked like a border collie or hound mix. It lay down staring at Krummholz. Then ran up to him. Krummholz was on leash and gave a warning growl. The dog was a bit overwhelming, but it ended well. Later on, we saw a friendly lab on leash, and I let Krummholz greet him. This went much better. No growling, lots of tail wagging. I've decided I want to work on having Krummholz sit when people or dogs walk by. Some people want to pet him, and that makes him want to jump up on people. Then he wants to jump up on random people walking by, who don't want to pet him. It's hard to control other people. It's easier to control your dog. So I found when I take him just off the trail and make him sit, and give him rewards, people leave us alone more. I do try to call out hello to people passing by, as I know with my other dogs, this has made them more comfortable being approached by people when hiking.