It's a big week here at Free State K-9. Literally. We have Bonnie the Great Dane visiting again and we are also training my new friend Alan. Alan is a STUNNING young Great Dane boy here for two weeks of advanced obedience training. I love seeing the owners of the gentle giants investing in training early on because when these guys grow up it is a MUCH bigger project, pun intended.
Alan is a sweet natured guy who really is a good boy, just young. He needs a vocabulary to allow his owners to talk to him when he accidentally makes the wrong choice. He is a big ol' puppy and he's a goofball to boot so training him is a lot of fun. He is learning on a pinch collar for a couple days before we introduce him to his remote trainer which will make him extra happy because he really wants to play with the other dogs!
Today we learned Heel/Autosit and Implied Stay and we started the Come command. He isn't autositting yet but he is sitting with very little prompting. His leash manners are pretty good to begin with so he took to Heel nice and fast.
For now he is snoozing in his kennel next to Bonnie and we will move on to Down and getting slightly better with the Come command tomorrow. We love Danes around here so this week will be a blast.
Alan is a sweet natured guy who really is a good boy, just young. He needs a vocabulary to allow his owners to talk to him when he accidentally makes the wrong choice. He is a big ol' puppy and he's a goofball to boot so training him is a lot of fun. He is learning on a pinch collar for a couple days before we introduce him to his remote trainer which will make him extra happy because he really wants to play with the other dogs!
Today we learned Heel/Autosit and Implied Stay and we started the Come command. He isn't autositting yet but he is sitting with very little prompting. His leash manners are pretty good to begin with so he took to Heel nice and fast.
For now he is snoozing in his kennel next to Bonnie and we will move on to Down and getting slightly better with the Come command tomorrow. We love Danes around here so this week will be a blast.
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