My Ell doesn’t like laying down on cold surfaces. I don’t blame her. It’s cold! Definitely something we’re working on. She’ll place anywhere with a rug & outside, just not on our tile floors. I know we’ll get there with time, but Lordy lord—cold, hard surfaces are everywhere in public. Dunc never had this problem, so this is a new one for me. Otherwise everything else is going great.
So far she knows:
•come
•here
•focus (even with distractions)
•target
•sit
•down
•stay
•wait
•wait at thresholds & stairs
•down-stay
•sit-stay
•down-stay with distractions
•emergency down
•place
•front
•this way
•heel
•ignore
•leave it
•take it
•recall
• drop it
• place & wait not only for her dinner, but for me to put everything away. Some people might think this is ridiculous. But it’s good practice for impulse control.
•All the above mentioned as verbal and non-verbal commands.
We’re still working on ‘off’. She’s little, and loves her people. I mean we are pretty cool! Otherwise she’s pretty reserved and polite. I’m yet to see her jump up on someone she doesn’t know, or be startled by much of anything. She really minds her manners with strangers. We’re also working on her tasking, slowly. Her alerts are shaping up very nicely, along with the other tasks she’s learning. We have quite a ways to go yet. But this little girl is moving mountains!
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