I guess Cowboy’s little brain did some thinking last night
because he was much better behaved today.
The jumping up is getting better, but we still need to work on the
biting and grabbing food.
Today we went to Murdoch’s to get his vaccines, and he did
much better on the linoleum floor this time! Met a gentleman who had a large beard and
Cowboy wasn’t sure about him, but allowed the man to pet him. Christi gave us some cookies and I gave them
to people to feed him. He takes them
very gently from strangers – hmm….
While out in the back yard today he ran and ran and ran, and
ran right up the back steps! Once he
got up there he had a look on his face as if to say “WOW! How did I do that?!?!” And then he tried to jump off the porch. Nice.
I now have baby gates all around it so he can’t get up without me there
to keep him from jumping off. He does
put his paws up on the boards along the side – and it won’t be long before he’ll
be able to jump over those. I need to
get that ramp done and railings around the porch!
We started working on Service Dog training yesterday. The “paw press” is coming along; it takes him
a few minutes to realize what he needs to do to get the treat, but once he does
he remembers. From face up to face down
made no difference to him. Tomorrow we’ll
try it off the ground and in front of his face.
Also working on sit and down, but that may take a little
longer; he’s much to excited by the food than by what we’re trying to do.
He gets so very frustrated – in part because he has to stay either in the x-pen in the living room or the crate in the
bedroom and the car. I know he’d much
rather be out and running around – and into everything – but until he learns
and understands that he can’t chew and destroy everything, that’s where he’s
stay.
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