Playing games
Hide and Seek
Play games & have fun!
I love to challenge him and make him use his brain! It helps with boredom & builds confidence!
I LOVE it when I get to capture body language live. You can see here that Atticus is holding firm. Yogi is encroaching on him to take his peanut butter Kong. Atticus is lip licking as a warning sign of displeasure for the stalking behavior from Yogi and his paw is on it claiming the item. Yogi holds his position too. He had turned his butt to try to also diffuse & they can still read each other. The dead silence is deafening. As yogi turns towards Atticus that’s when you see him go up the next level of warning - you can see him moving his lip up. Or what some call a snarl - but it’s a way they communicate. You can see Atticus going from wanting to back off and enjoy his delicious treat alone and try to diffuse by turning his head away or looking away but still being firm because Yogi isn’t leaving either. Neither want conflict - just what the other has. Atticus’ lip movements are a small quick gesture and he goes back to normal - still watch closely though because Atticus keeps a tight mouth. Warns again and that’s when Yogi decides the conflict isn’t worth having he disengaged and looks at me which is why I praised him. After that they went on to their own thing.
With all the boarding dogs gone I was able to have a bit of fun with this boy. He’s so happy, bouncy and ready to work.
Update from yours truly in the go.
Coming home after a long day
For my training clients - jumping issues when you come home? 🏠 it’s easy to solve!
Training with Atticus
Had a little training fun with Atticus last night. Don’t mind the butt munch mid performance 🤣🐾🐶
Wait training with Atticus
“WAIT” training as demonstrated by my little copy cat
It’s a good “leave it” practice day for all the stuff being thrown towards him 🤣
Last ditch effort to recruit 2 more dog and human friend pups!! 🐶
Morning PSA on drop off and pick ups
Morning PSA on drop off and pick ups
The ball is a serious matter. Pretty sure my lab has a Husky defect lol he’s always been a verbal one. Yes I found the ball dad hid in the closet he couldn’t reach.
My lab has a husky defect. He’s always been this verbal. He sniffed out the ball dad hid in the closet for bedtime and couldn’t get it 🤣