Scout is coming right along! She is still a sassy pants some times but she and I have developed a fun friendship and so she is happier to work for me. She has been introduced to all of her commands and has held Placemat for about 30 minutes without correction. Hoping to get her up to 1.5 hours or more by the time she goes home.
Now that she has been introduced to her commands I start the work of "proofing" or making sure she is still fairly reliable in a distracting environment. This is the job that will continue at home with her owners. She knows the words and so they don't need to take her out to "practice" so much as she needs to be asked to work in different circumstances that will occur in her daily life, like when guests come over or when she is very excited for fill-in-the-blank.
I'm pleased with her progress and happy to report that her feisty attitude remains intact. She will need her training collar for a while after she goes home at least on walks to help her stay on task but she shouldn't need it all the time in order to behave. She has been very polite in the house and has only needed one correction so far for counter surfing. I expect as she feels more comfortable here she will start misbehaving a little more. :)
Now that she has been introduced to her commands I start the work of "proofing" or making sure she is still fairly reliable in a distracting environment. This is the job that will continue at home with her owners. She knows the words and so they don't need to take her out to "practice" so much as she needs to be asked to work in different circumstances that will occur in her daily life, like when guests come over or when she is very excited for fill-in-the-blank.
I'm pleased with her progress and happy to report that her feisty attitude remains intact. She will need her training collar for a while after she goes home at least on walks to help her stay on task but she shouldn't need it all the time in order to behave. She has been very polite in the house and has only needed one correction so far for counter surfing. I expect as she feels more comfortable here she will start misbehaving a little more. :)
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