This little chaos factory is doing really well. We are on track to introduce him to his remote collar tomorrow and his basics are all introduced now. I even had a little fun with him and introduced some motion commands just to challenge him and once again he wasn't taxed at all by what I was asking him to do.
Motion commands are pretty much what it sounds like. I give him a command that he must perform while I stay in motion. So I will be walking and while I continue walking I tell him to lay down. He must stop heeling me and lay down even though I never stopped moving. It's more difficult than it sounds for many dogs to get right away but he picked it up in two tries.
My evening got busier than I expected it to with my kiddos so I didn't get to practice Place with him tonight but tomorrow should be perfect for that and so we will test his ability to sit still for a while. I have a feeling that will be his biggest challenge. Though he has been introduced to Placemat before when he boarded with me and he made it look easy...I am enjoying finding ways to challenge this pup.
Motion commands are pretty much what it sounds like. I give him a command that he must perform while I stay in motion. So I will be walking and while I continue walking I tell him to lay down. He must stop heeling me and lay down even though I never stopped moving. It's more difficult than it sounds for many dogs to get right away but he picked it up in two tries.
My evening got busier than I expected it to with my kiddos so I didn't get to practice Place with him tonight but tomorrow should be perfect for that and so we will test his ability to sit still for a while. I have a feeling that will be his biggest challenge. Though he has been introduced to Placemat before when he boarded with me and he made it look easy...I am enjoying finding ways to challenge this pup.
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