Hiya Terry,
I didn't really think about what might happen when waking him up. So I'll remember that in the future.
That was really well explained so thanks. Makes a lot of sense doing it like that. As of tomorrow I'll spend time with him with the on/off command and hand signals. We have a nice walk here round a big lake just right at the back of the house and were going tomorrow for a picnic, weather permitting there are loads of benches there so that's great.
Lol at he's a big boy, he really is getting big. We were all laughing the other day saying when he's fully grown you'd need a crane

lol.
Thanks Arwen i'll have a look as i'm starting to train Diesel to heel so that would be very helpful.
This is why i love this forum, and the people on it of course :P