Mortie visited Hunter’s Senior Kindergarten class once and continues to escort Hunter every morning so we expected great things when he attended kindergarten actually designed for dogs.
Not so. He did a number two on the store floor while we registered. He did number one in the actual classroom while waiting for the trainer: Merve.
He did not enjoy listening to Merve, in fact he yipped and yapped and yanked all the way through. I know he will enjoy it more next week as today he had a private lesson to catchup. Next week he’ll meet other dog friends to socialize with. His big lesson today was to focus. We tell him “Look” and hold a treat in front of our nose. When he does rivet his eyes on the treat, we give it to him and praise him a lot. “Good Look, Mortie”
Mortie caught onto this command immediately. So much so that when Merve just used the word look in one of his sentences, Mortie would rivet his puppy eyes in Merve’s direction. For no reason at all, I’d catch Mortie staring at me, hopefully.
Merve also made us buy Mortie some excellent treats, a new collar and leash. We’re going on a walk now to try them all out.
Not so. He did a number two on the store floor while we registered. He did number one in the actual classroom while waiting for the trainer: Merve.
He did not enjoy listening to Merve, in fact he yipped and yapped and yanked all the way through. I know he will enjoy it more next week as today he had a private lesson to catchup. Next week he’ll meet other dog friends to socialize with. His big lesson today was to focus. We tell him “Look” and hold a treat in front of our nose. When he does rivet his eyes on the treat, we give it to him and praise him a lot. “Good Look, Mortie”
Mortie caught onto this command immediately. So much so that when Merve just used the word look in one of his sentences, Mortie would rivet his puppy eyes in Merve’s direction. For no reason at all, I’d catch Mortie staring at me, hopefully.
Merve also made us buy Mortie some excellent treats, a new collar and leash. We’re going on a walk now to try them all out.
1 comment:
I'm sure Mortie isn't the least well-behaved dog they've seen. (Nor are you the worst blogger in the world)
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