✨Water Exposure✨
The pups have been outside in light misting rain several times now (thanks Florida weather), but today was the first time I filled up their pool!
Autumn 🩷 is the adventurer of the group and was the first one in (she has been the first to try almost everything). Maisy 🩵💜 & Ember ❤️ also willingly went inside the water to check it out. I placed Hunter 💙 inside and he hopped right back out 😂
As long as the weather stays warm, we'll keep exposing them to water to see if we have some water loving pups amongst us (I think we might!)
✨Manding (automatic sit)✨
Manding is teaching a puppy how to communicate with us. Instead of jumping when they want something, such as your attention or food, they learn to sit instead.
No verbal or physical commands are used, only a marker (I use the word "yes!") to let the puppy know they've done something correct followed by a reward to reinforce the behavior.
Over time this will become a conditioned response and your puppy will automatically sit when they want something 🤗
Ember ❤️
✨Place✨
Our first practice!
🩷💙❤️🩵💜
Place is teaching the puppies to go to a certain location and relax. We can use this command as a foundational tool to build on other skills later on down the road.
You can only teach a puppy one skill at a time, but that doesn't mean you can't reinforce a skill that they've already learned. In order to get them off the mat I use my recall word 'Here' to ask them to come to me then reward to reinforce.
Maisy 🩵💜
✨Place✨
Our first practice!
🩷💙❤️🩵💜
Place is teaching the puppies to go to a certain location and relax. We can use this command as a foundational tool to build on other skills later on down the road.
You can only teach a puppy one skill at a time, but that doesn't mean you can't reinforce a skill that they've already learned. In order to get them off the mat I use my recall word 'Here' to ask them to come to me then reward to reinforce.
Hunter 💙
✨Place✨
Our first practice!
🩷💙❤️🩵💜
Place is teaching the puppies to go to a certain location and relax. We can use this command as a foundational tool to build on other skills later on down the road.
You can only teach a puppy one skill at a time, but that doesn't mean you can't reinforce a skill that they've already learned. In order to get them off the mat I use my recall word 'Here' to ask them to come to me then reward to reinforce.
Autumn 🩷
✨Place✨
Our first practice!
🩷💙❤️🩵💜
Place is teaching the puppies to go to a certain location and relax. We can use this command as a foundational tool to build on other skills later on down the road.
You can only teach a puppy one skill at a time, but that doesn't mean you can't reinforce a skill that they've already learned. In order to get them off the mat I use my recall word 'Here' to ask them to come to me then reward to reinforce.
✨Nap Time - do you have to be silent??✨
Shhh!!! The puppies are sleeping! Don't make any nois... Oh wait, go ahead and live your life! The pups can handle normal, everyday sounds of family life 😊
✨Crate Training✨
Today I setup smaller crates in the play area and left the doors open. Almost immediately the pups ran inside to investigate.
They aren't phased by crates at all so now we'll be able to move onto more formal crate training 🤗
Indoor play 🤗
Now that the pups are well settled in, I've expanded their play area so they have more room to romp & play!
Maisy 🩵💜
✨Down with and without a lure✨
Our 2nd time practicing! Look at them go!! They're switching from Sit to Down like little professionals 🤓
Autumn 🩷
✨Down with and without a lure✨
Our 2nd time practicing! Look at them go!! They're switching from Sit to Down like little professionals 🤓
