Cute little Bella. It's no secret that I love gun dogs. While I don't hunt personally I've always enjoyed working with pointers, retrievers, setters and spaniels. The latter of which I see the least often but I really love getting my hands on. Bella is a young and very soft natured English Springer Spaniel who is here for one week of basic training. When I say soft natured I mean she isn't brazen or dominant at all. She is shy at first but once she comes out of her shell she is a little spitfire. But if something scares her she goes right back to her softness which is exactly what I would expect from a spaniel. I can tell she is going to be making me laugh all week long because she is a silly girl when she gets going.
Today we started with the basics of basic. We fitted her with a dainty little pinch collar to help with teaching her in a way she understands and we started with loose leash walking, Heel and Autosit, Implied Stay and Come. She is distractible and I kept her workouts short but we made progress in pretty much everything. I even got a few automatic sits without needing to help her!
I have a feeling she will learn fast and then start being a goober and seeing what she can get away with. For now she is making friends with the other dogs and playing very nicely. I'm afraid my girl Akita, Dana, frightened her pretty well when they were playing because Dana got excited and let out a very loud, booming bark which Bella was not expecting and she jumped out of her skin and scooted back to her kennel. As soon as she realized Dana just has a big voice the game resumed and her feelings weren't hurt for long. I'm excited to see how far we can take Bella this week. It should be fun!
Today we started with the basics of basic. We fitted her with a dainty little pinch collar to help with teaching her in a way she understands and we started with loose leash walking, Heel and Autosit, Implied Stay and Come. She is distractible and I kept her workouts short but we made progress in pretty much everything. I even got a few automatic sits without needing to help her!
I have a feeling she will learn fast and then start being a goober and seeing what she can get away with. For now she is making friends with the other dogs and playing very nicely. I'm afraid my girl Akita, Dana, frightened her pretty well when they were playing because Dana got excited and let out a very loud, booming bark which Bella was not expecting and she jumped out of her skin and scooted back to her kennel. As soon as she realized Dana just has a big voice the game resumed and her feelings weren't hurt for long. I'm excited to see how far we can take Bella this week. It should be fun!
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