Sweet Taco is coming out of his shell! I finally heard him bark today which was a first. I understand that at home Taco likes to bark when he is happy, sad, hungry, angry, frustrated, or itchy but he has been silent and polite so far. Ace is still his favorite playmate but in the house and in the yard Taco has been a very polite houseguest. I suspect a lot of it is an act because he is still sorta shy here.
His training is coming along well although he is a little nervous to lay down when other dogs or children are around. He is walking politely on a leash and his stationary commands are going just fine. His Implied Stay is pretty good unless he anticipates a Come command. He will jump the gun a little. I didn't get a chance to do Placemat yet because my evening got hectic but tomorrow I have nothing planned after dinner but to put everyone on their mats and practice sitting still.
More than anything it seems that Taco needs experience behaving even when there are distractions around so I hope to start adding more distractions here pretty quickly. For now he is snoozing in his kennel after his long day.
His training is coming along well although he is a little nervous to lay down when other dogs or children are around. He is walking politely on a leash and his stationary commands are going just fine. His Implied Stay is pretty good unless he anticipates a Come command. He will jump the gun a little. I didn't get a chance to do Placemat yet because my evening got hectic but tomorrow I have nothing planned after dinner but to put everyone on their mats and practice sitting still.
More than anything it seems that Taco needs experience behaving even when there are distractions around so I hope to start adding more distractions here pretty quickly. For now he is snoozing in his kennel after his long day.
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