Perfect Puppy Hour
Left @ 3:05 pm
Nero gave a little bark when I came in the back
door, but was all wiggles when I let him out of the crate. We went right
outside, and he peed right away, got a good boy and piece of kibble. He also
pooed after a while. We got aquainted in the backyard for about 10 minutes. I
sat on a chair and let him come to me, he jumped up a bit. When he jumped I
turned my head and ignored him, and gave him a good boy, and pets only when he
had four paws on the floor. What a little cutie though, it is so hard to resist
scratching his back when he jumps up!! After a while I got out the harness, I
figure it is best to use that - not sure where you are in your leash training,
but probably just at the beginning stages. If y'all are working on anything in
particular - let me know I can reinforce it as well. I borrowed your clicker and
used the kibble in the bowl, and clicked him for sits, he was very good! I am
afraid by our time was over, I used all of the kibble, hope it wasn't his entire
dinner. He likes to put the leash in his mouth, so I gave him some kibbles for
dropping it and distracted him enough not to play with it while we were walking.
The cutest thing was, we saw some crows, and he immediately went into pointer
mode - he was staring and could not be distracted with treats or my voice. He
did sit, and then he lifted up his right paw and pawed the air at them. Amazing!
A lady was watching all of this unfold from her front porch, she said something
to us, and we took the opportunity to practice a nice greeting with her. I gave
her some kibble to reward him with. He jumped up on her at first, then I asked
if she would ask him to sit, she did, and he did, and we all rejoiced. Then we
started walking down the street towards the little park, another lady was
walking towards us. She asked if he was a pointer, and I took the opportunity to
ask her to give him kibbles for sits. She said "what do you want him to be
friendly towards people or something?", I said "yes!". He sat very well for her,
and did not jump on her as much as the last lady. They were very nice to do that
for us. We made it to the park finally and played with the leaves, which was
very exciting. He took up his leash a couple of times, but I distracted him, or
traded it for a kibble. We found the COOLEST toy ever, an old mountain dew
bottle that makes a crinkly sound. Once I showed him the crinkly sound, he
became obsessed with it. I used it to practice some sits, and it was a great
distraction around the crows on the way home. When we got back to the house I
let him play with it in the backyard, he did not want me to take away his new
toy, I sat on the chair and waited til he brought it too me. We then played some
games with it, and I used it to lure him up the stairs and into the house. I
left it in the cabinet for you, in case you want to use it again. Might be
better to get a newer model. Anyway, great visit!
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