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Post by Amy on Jan 23, 2011 15:53:19 GMT -7
Day 1- Lesson 1: I brought Bingo out to the backyard with all the balls first. First toy he went for was the ball on a rope. Next was the red & blue duo ball. Followed by the Star ball which he actually picked right up with out investigating it at all. He carried that around with him while checking out the rest of the balls. Next he grabbed the pink jolly ball to carry around with him. He checked out some other balls, including the tennis ball. Each toy being a little weary of at first. He decided he wanted to be pet and came to me for petting. The first ball he brought to me to play with was the light tie-dye ball. I tossed it for him and he ran to get it then went off to chew on it. He seemed bored and went to bury the red ball. Half way through he got bored of that too. At this point I can't say he has a favorite, but he seemed to go for the medium sized balls most. I'll have to test him out again on this with only the toys he played with out and pin point it from there. Right now he needs a break
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Post by Dew on Jan 23, 2011 18:15:51 GMT -7
Lesson 1: Officially the first training session:) Mosai loves everything when it comes to balls but she carries the tennis ball around the most (no surprise there), and chased the Auto Rolling ball FOREVER! She is very focused and dedicated. Anything I touched, she touched. I brought her in and out a few times and each time she nosed a different ball, but the tennis ball is her tried and true favorite in the past:) Stuffed animals was more interesting:) She loved the MALLARD?! Of all the toys she went back to that one the most. The other toys she would sniff or pick up but the mallard she carried around and brought to me:) I guess that's who she is going to play with on our downtime! Mosai is one of the most focused dogz I have worked with. Not a single thing phased her in all the objects I brought out. No whizzing, cackling, ticking, screaching thing wierded her out. She jumped once when I took a snapshot, like some dogz do. But mostly she looked at me and cleaned herself as if to say..."i'm bored....more balls??"
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Post by Linsey on Jan 24, 2011 7:50:27 GMT -7
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Post by Amy on Jan 24, 2011 12:26:36 GMT -7
Great Job everyone! Be sure to finish up the rest of the lessons before moving on to Day #2, it's okay if it takes you more than a day to do the lessons though.
Day 2-
Lesson1 Today we are going to introduce your pet to several other animals starting with other dogs. Bring out as many other dogs/puppies as you can, one at a time at first and see how your dog interacts with them. Take pics & take notes! Is there a certain breed of dog or gender they seem to like or dislike more? Once your pet has met a few other dogs or puppies one on one, go ahead and bring a few out at a time, see how they do.
Give your pet a break! I hope you noted down others they got along with well and even ones they didn't like so much. Now your pet has others to play with to blow off some energy and just have some fun!
Lesson 2 If you have any cats, bring out a cat/kitten one at a time at first and repeat the above.
Lesson 3 Don't forget your breaks! If you have any livestock, repeat the above introducing your pet to all sorts of other types of pets. What do they think? How do they interact? Do they have any herding instinct?
Wow, what a day! Your pet is probably exhausted! Be sure to post pics of how your lessons went and let us know how things went, what did you learn?
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Post by Vanilla on Jan 24, 2011 18:08:11 GMT -7
Day 1 ~ Missy I know I'm a bit behind Oh well XD Lesson 1 ~~~ She really wasn't interested in any of the larger balls, only the smaller-meduim balls got her attention ;D The first one she checked out was the auto-ball. She thought it was pretty good, until she spotted the BLUE STRIPEY BALL OOOOHHHH AAAAHHH! That quickly became her favorite and she ran around with it and dropped it so I could toss it for her She also checked out the duo ball, but yeah Lesson 2 ~~~ So, uhm, yeah. Theres an explanation for me having 21(forgot to take out one 8O ) stuffies! Really, there is! Its that I LOVE stuffies So, yes, Missy CAN haz stuffies ^__^ She first checked out the PFM Chi stuffie, and thought it was okay. She walked around a bit, then found the lil chick, which is pretty much the most adorable stuffie ever. XD! But she fell in love with that one, and ran around with it. Btw, when I was putting away the toys, the zombie went past her and she freaked XD Poor girl <3 Haha, so it was like the FUNNIEST thing ever when she jumped on the bed and did that whole "balencing" trick like she was on a ball LOL! And i managed to get a pic too ;D I sat laughing for like 2 minutes straight haha! But yeah, so she only really LIKED the blanket lol. The vacuum made her a bit nervous <3 ~Vanilla
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Post by Meomi on Jan 24, 2011 19:35:03 GMT -7
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Post by Amy on Jan 24, 2011 22:20:23 GMT -7
Very good Sophie! I've had 0 time today for pets so I'll have to try an catch up tomorrow or something.
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Post by Linsey on Jan 25, 2011 5:21:20 GMT -7
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Post by Amy on Jan 25, 2011 11:53:45 GMT -7
Looking great Linsey!
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Post by Amy on Jan 25, 2011 11:56:19 GMT -7
Great job Vanilla!
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