I did want to report that today I was in the garden and Riggs was looking all statuesque under the wisteria (his new "spot" while I garden) and Angela the cat walked out from the grape vines. I did not know she was in the garden. I took his remote in my hand just in case but I wanted to see what Riggs would do after 9 days of conditioning. He stood up, interested, started walking towards her and then with no cue from me he very sharply veered off away from her and went back to his spot. I was very happy to see him correct himself without me having to remind him not to chase her. He will need to be conditioned to the kitties that live at his house but it's a good first step.
Not a ton to report for Riggs. He is a very happy worker and his obedience looks really good for day 9. He isn't giving me a ton of work to do. Mostly we just have a good time running through his commands. I keep trying new sequences to trip him up and when I succeed he gets very playful until I get him back on track. Dog trainer secret: it's fun to trick dogs into making a mistake especially when they are cute about it.
I did want to report that today I was in the garden and Riggs was looking all statuesque under the wisteria (his new "spot" while I garden) and Angela the cat walked out from the grape vines. I did not know she was in the garden. I took his remote in my hand just in case but I wanted to see what Riggs would do after 9 days of conditioning. He stood up, interested, started walking towards her and then with no cue from me he very sharply veered off away from her and went back to his spot. I was very happy to see him correct himself without me having to remind him not to chase her. He will need to be conditioned to the kitties that live at his house but it's a good first step.
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