Basic Manners with Meggie

Meggie in her travel crate

Meggie was an absolute superstar in her first Basic Manners group class. She loved greeting our teacher Rachel Simmons and the other friendly staff at Lucky Dog Training Center. Meggie aced the first week's agenda of name recognition, nose touch targeting, sit and release cues, and loose leash walking. 

Meggie travels perfectly in the car, immediately settling quietly in her crate. She pottied on command when we got to our destination and conducted herself brilliantly for the entire class, including some very stimulating distractions. I'm very proud of her.

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Meggie will be learning in Basic Manners:

Treibball with Jackie

Jackie is doing a great job learning urban herding. Pearls this week include:

• Gradually increase distance to Jackie's "Go out!" target. Start close with a single target, then incrementally increase reinforcing further distances.

• Collie Ball is a resource for yoga ball covers.

• We will eventually fade the target and have Jackie go out to a ball. For now, continue using the target to let Jackie know exactly what the handler is asking.