Captain is SUCH a perfect Lab puppy. By that I mean he is friendly, impish, energetic, bright and...energetic. His enthusiasm for pretty much everything has made him a hilarious but distractible student so far. He clearly hasn't had a bad day in his 5 months and this happy-go-lucky kid wants to play with and explore everything he sees. His pulling habit is the first thing we worked on today. He is STRONG and he doesn't feel the person on the end of the leash very well. Fitting him with his little prong collar helped a lot but he needed direction to know what to do, not just what not to do.
We started him with Heel/Autosit and his leash manners are improving after just one day. We also started the idea of the Implied Stay which he understands but doesn't see much merit to yet. Sitting still? What's that? He doesn't like the Down command but we also didn't spend much time on it today. We are going to push that one a little more tomorrow.
Overall I like how this kiddo learns and even though he is a bit of a buffalo he is a sweet boy with a good work ethic and so I think this week will move along just fine.
Welcome Cap!
We started him with Heel/Autosit and his leash manners are improving after just one day. We also started the idea of the Implied Stay which he understands but doesn't see much merit to yet. Sitting still? What's that? He doesn't like the Down command but we also didn't spend much time on it today. We are going to push that one a little more tomorrow.
Overall I like how this kiddo learns and even though he is a bit of a buffalo he is a sweet boy with a good work ethic and so I think this week will move along just fine.
Welcome Cap!
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