Murden, Deanna wrote:
Kathy,Amen to that! I was extremely tickled to read about Heidi's adventures!Thanks for the post! Sounds like Heidi is doing extremely well in
school. Making us all proud!
I currently have a (.....hmm, 8...9...10....) 11 week old pyr at home,GIGGLE! Sitting and looking pretty is a bad thing?
and we're looking for a good (and affordable) obedience school to enroll
in. SNIP! So I decided to teach her something else to alternate
rewarding for......so we begin to walk around the yard on the leash.
10-15 ft of good "look at me" walking and I give her a treat. (she sits
anyways). Now knowing I have treats, she sits and looks at me and won't
walk. So while I'm trying to teach her to walk, she's spontaneously
sitting and looking pretty.....<sigh>.
Lucy also is **very** excited about children.Weezie continues to be Astonished when any person walks by her and doesn't stop to coo and boo over her. What is wrong with this person?
[>] I had always read that pyr's are "stubborn" to train, butMy trainer also thinks Pyrs are very smart: but maybe Lucy is burning the midnight oil!
never read if they are considered to be intelligent or not. So you're
comment from the trainer was interesting. Up until now, I figured Lucy
was doing alot of reading at night!!!
(she is one extrememly good puppy!)
[>] One last "inquiry" I have....Does Heidi still play-bite??Grin. Yes, it gets better. For a few weeks there I thought I was going to lose my mind. Those puppy needle teeth are insidious. Scream loud! when she chomps, and if she does it more than about 3 times try stomping off and leaving her, while grumbling theatrically (the Ian Dunbar approach.) (Of course, I forgot: at this stage you can't leave them for a second or they will swim the English Channel (AKA the water dish) or stick boots on their head.
[>] We're doing our best to be firm that she not do this, will it get
better? is this just a phase? teaching is mildly effective at this
point...a play session seems to consist of "Lucy No! Lucy OUCH! Lucy No!
OUCH!" etc. etc. etc.....
Oh, heck, I can't resist. For a few ideas on some games/training games to play with your pup, I have some training notes on my heretofore deep dark secret web page which only existed for my personal tinkering. The puppy stuff is at:
http://www.users.fast.net/~janegill/eloise.htmThe page really isn't what I want it to be yet, and the obedience links aren't ready yet....but.....maybe you'll find some fun games to work on!
Have fun with that pup!
Jane Gill
janegill@fast.net