Hoot is telling me that she is ready for more! Her play is getting more vicious and mischievous and I am beginning to see that look of "what are you going to do about this?". A bored border collie is a bad border collie!
Her nickname is now Hoot-a-vicious instead of Hoot-a-licious.
This morning I decided to play puppy table games with her. This isn't really about training the table for me, but it does build a love for the obstacle. Really it begins to introduce two things 1) shaping without food 2) there might be some rules in order to play (get her thinking).
This is our second session playing this game and the puppies catch on really quick as to what makes that toy fun again.
Tangle loved this game. I never really "trained" the table with him. This game just kept progressing to the point that I would restrain him about 20 feet away and he would run onto the table to tug. Tangle still has a great table.
Yesterday Hoot learned the word "back" for her back-up and can do it for food or a toy. She also went out to eat with us and enjoyed getting all the kids to play with her.
Showing posts with label socializing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label socializing. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Sunday, May 4, 2014
She's a keeper (but I already knew that)!
I have had Hoot for a week now and she has had so many life experiences. Visiting kids at college, agility class, a USDAA Regional, wondering the backyard in discovery of new things. She loves it all.
This little girl has such resilience. I took her to a USDAA Regional. She got to meet a ton of people ('cause everyone holds the puppy), many dogs, several puppies and a judge stole her. In each of encounters with people she was happy, tail wagging and nose chewing. With each of her encounters with dogs she was confident, thought for a moment, gave the proper signals and ending up playing with almost all of them. Never once did she retreat or give up trying to figure something out. I am impressed.
The sounds didn't bother her, nor all the dogs barking, she was solid.
It is really fun. At a week you hardly know your puppy. With each new experience she learns from, you learn too. All of this information is great so I can better know the type of dog I am training and shape her lessons appropriately.
Trick of the day:
She learned to put all 4 paws on a pillow.
This little girl has such resilience. I took her to a USDAA Regional. She got to meet a ton of people ('cause everyone holds the puppy), many dogs, several puppies and a judge stole her. In each of encounters with people she was happy, tail wagging and nose chewing. With each of her encounters with dogs she was confident, thought for a moment, gave the proper signals and ending up playing with almost all of them. Never once did she retreat or give up trying to figure something out. I am impressed.
The sounds didn't bother her, nor all the dogs barking, she was solid.
It is really fun. At a week you hardly know your puppy. With each new experience she learns from, you learn too. All of this information is great so I can better know the type of dog I am training and shape her lessons appropriately.
Trick of the day:
She learned to put all 4 paws on a pillow.
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