The Little Red Caboose Has Pulled Into The Station!

Judyg951 said:
Little Miss X (my daughter insists in calling her Tilly). Not happening. Sorry, I digress. Anyways obedience to start and then maybe agility, or who knows she may just be a couch potato. I don't know much about her personality just yet so I don't kno if she is going to be a go, go, go girl or a laid back baby.
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Okay, I have to say on your Little Miss X, we call our future puppy, Puppy X so that gave me a :lol:. Good luck on your classes! You'll know her personality soon enough :biggrin2:
 
I am trying to convince Cubby he cannot jump more than 6" or crawl under anything at all or jump off the couch. So far, so good.
 
A sleeping puppy is a good puppy!

Just added "paws up" to the routine (stand on box kinda thing). He's learning commands in 3-5 reps. THIS is fun. I can't wait for dog school! September, he will be ready in September.

Next is watch (should have done it first, I know) -- and stay (sit/down) so I can take pictures! Grandma is doing "get" when he visits her (to wear him out mostly).

I am NOT teaching spin. That seems to foul things up.
 
Mom2Melli said:
I am NOT teaching spin. That seems to foul things up.
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It didn't cause any problems for Missy. Although I also taught her how to speak and shake. When we showed up at basic manners class, the instructor told us not to teach our dogs how to shake. I was like.. "uhh too late". Her theory was that if you teach a dog to shake, then they're just going to be batting you with their paws to get a treat. I never experienced that problem. And teaching speak, I guess you worry about your dog barking at you all the time. The thing is, Missy was doing that from day one. I just added a cue to it. I think even if she didn't know how to bark on command, she would still be as sassy as she is. If she's not sure what I want her to do, her default behavior is bark.. :rolleyes2:
 
Totally! Darn pup speaks plenty. I certainly don't want to encourage it. Yes, he does bat at me a little bit for the treat. Mostly confusion with paw and touch. Today when I was doing paws up I saw for the first time him try to problem solve for himself. "Do you want sit, down, paw, touch, bark, what is this paws up?" Then when he got it he got it!
 
Oh, that is the couch group, then there is the big crate group, the upstairs crate group, and the grandma's house group. Soon we will have a BIG ball so we can learn to push it. That will be a grandma's house because Shay pops all balls with his teeth. Oh, just found another toy I had stashed. Cubby gets all the ones Shay and Melli rejected. That way there is no jealously. Apparently, he is being raised on the whole KONG line!

I am trying to be reasonable with Cubby. Shay has 42 stuffed animals (which Cubby carries off and Shay sadly retrieves)! Melli, well, she doesn't play so she has no toys (boooo) except maybe Cubby!

Thank you for the birthday wishes. We need more pictures of Baker and maybe a video link! Start working on that audition tape for 1-800-Pet-Meds!
 
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