Kristi finally remembered to take a camera to the park, this morning. We have two prominent goals, right now. First, get Chardonnay to down-stay with distractions and secondly, to get Zinfandel to jump-on any surface other than the floorboard of a vehicle. I have been hoping that with Chardonnay leading the way, Zinfandel would get it. Also, Chardonnay is a great heeler and I'm hoping that Zinfandel will heel better when she hears all the praise Chardonnay gets. Chardonnay gets the benefit of seeing Zinfandel do a quick sit or quick down and with that she gets lots of happy praise, (and some kibble, once in awhile), very quickly. Also, Zinfandel does a nice auto-sit at curbs so Chardonnay can learn from her. It's great having sisters to work together.
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| Down-stays in the cool grass after walking to the park. |
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| On top of the picnic table after a successful jump-on, (it took a piece of kibble). |
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| The table is metal and painted, so it's very slippery and has quarter sized holes on the top. |
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| Chardonnay says, "So been here done this, come on!" Zinfandel says, "Am I ok? What happens next?" |
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| Chardonnay, "I'm just gonna take a nap." Zinfandel, "O.k., so nothing awful has happened, yet." |
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| Chardonnay jumped on the first three round steps then does a down-stay. |
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| Chardonnay to Zinfandel, "How much longer do you think this training session will last?" |
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| Accidentally took this while working "off"... |
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| "Hey sis, you did it! No kibble, just followed me, good job!" |
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| "Thanks, sis, now can you please do a down-stay so we can go home?" |
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| Pretty girls. |
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| A heeling we will go, a heeling we will go, hi-ho a heeling we will go. |
That is so sweet! I never realized just how much they teach each other until Dante went to another raiser's house for a week and came back with some better manners from watching her pup.
ReplyDeleteThat is great that the girls get a few weeks to cheer each other on!
Aw, glad they are doing so well together! ANd you certainly are exposing them to a lot.
ReplyDeleteWow good job! Seemes to me that I had opposite problems with mine, Sit-Stay was harder for them. Interesting to see what pups breeze though and which ones have an area of work :) They look so good together :)
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