Meggie aced her Basic Manners group class at Lucky Dog Training, graduating with honors! We covered a lot of ground in this six-week class and I'm so proud of how well Meggie handles the training environment!
Pearls:
Among several other cues and behaviors, in Basic Manners class Meggie has perfected:
- "Place!" Going to place on cue from six feet away and going into down on place, then waiting until the release cue to get up, even with distractions.
- Loose Leash Walking. Meggie walks in heel position with a loose, looped leash in a figure 8 around two cones. (Meggie's whale eye is because something to the side of her was competing for her attention. Meggie was being a good girl and keeping her body focused forward on the handler. She was not displaying stress in this photo, but rather displaying a moment of split attention.)
- Recall (including Emergency Recall). Meggie plays the "Get it!" game and while she is turned away from the handler running away she whips back to the handler when she hears "Meggie here!"
- Sit Stay and Down Stay. Meggie happily holds a sit or down while I walk to the end of her leash, turn my back on her, or walk around her. She is then released with the cue "Break!"
- Wait at the Door. Meggie remains in sit while I open the door and walk through. When she is released with her cue "Break!" Meggie is allowed to walk through the doorway.
- Leave It. When Meggie sees something dropped on the floor, she avoids taking it in her mouth and is instead rewarded for looking up at her handler.
This highly talented and extremely intelligent pup is available for adoption through BCSAVE.
