Circe looking for forever home

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04/08/2022

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she's was more jumpy today than yesterday (I think I did better not pulling it away from her when she jumps for it, that's hard not to do), but giving me lon...

04/07/2022

Impulse control style fetch(?)
She saw the flirt pole so runs over there for it😔😂. Did a little tug with it to build excitement over here trying to make her forget about it - I usually like to get her into it before raising the arousal with tug (cuz it makes it harder for her to drop), had to get her to attention tho. I forgot the hot dog so when I used food I gave her like 6 pieces (1 @ time, so it prolongs how long she's away from toy).

04/07/2022

Tried a recall from the frisbee - yeah right. I was going to go get her & bring back, but she ended up coming once I got closer. Closing space & recalling can help.
Once she decides to come, you can't stay in "punishment mode", you have to be focused on the last behavior shown - I didn't reward but I did praise.
Then she ran back when I was starting recall games - you see toys are higher value then food to her! A squeaky will probably always get her back. By time I got leash to correct for the ignore, she started to come back, so again ...
I got smart & decided to put them up, she tried to run over there after told to get on bed, I caught get before going past so just pressure. Did good sit-stay, the reward made her break, on I don't like that with a stay (for everything else no biggie), so I reset her, then we got into the games.

Heel drills to bring it down.

04/06/2022

Circe is silly.
Trying to keep the arousal down inside.
She likes to take her frustration (of not being able to act crazy) out on the bed.
She also likes to steal what others have, so I keep redirecting away, so she gets frustrated & wants to get mouthy.

04/04/2022

Cool off walk & 2nd round play

04/04/2022

Recall games. 🤣 She's working on handstands when she puts on the breaks🤣🤣

Impulse control style fetch. She's getting good at giving me eye contact

04/04/2022

Heel drills
Dealing with a stray cat on the free walk

04/04/2022

Now that we've settled the "I gotta get the heel outta here" mentality some, I've been able to use more food reward.
To get the calm at crate door, I first used the walkway 2 steps method (p-).
Then I added the close the door method (p-).
Then I was able to use food reward after each motion, as she stayed calm.
Now I've started dropping food toward back of crate to try to prevent/minimize the bolting out.
Her circling once out is less too (because I started leashing her in crate, now I can do it out of crate), she's still a little amped so I just stand there until she seems a little more chill, then we go to the door.
Here I had to initially use leash pressure (r-) to get her to settle a little, here I also used the close the door method, once they get the idea I start using food to build calm at the door.

04/03/2022

Flirt pole

04/03/2022

Thanks to a reschedule we get an extra free time today.
Control the energy early. At night she's been getting wound up right about when we hit 3 hours.
That's kind of where she's stops listening & I have to separate for a min.
She came out hot, but settled ok, Crew & Raider are the obnoxious ones today

04/03/2022

Heel drills & work

04/03/2022

04/03/2022

Took a walk to different environment. I think I narrated ok, probably said some stupud stuff too, but I'm tired of doing this today.

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