Today, Essence and I celebrate 4
months together. It should have been on the 7th, but as you may know, I didn't start off class with her, but with a different
dog. When I finally got her, I thought it couldn't work, she was so diffrent than the first dog they started me off with, he was so calm, so relaxed!
She was so bouncy, so full of mischief. I remember the first obedience session we did together, Getting her to sit was a real chore, I even asked my instructor,
"she does know this command, doesn't she?" She just wouldn't do it, no matter what I did, how I begged, commanded, corrected, It just wasn't happening.
We couldn't do anything but sit, over and over and over again. then she had to go to a prong collar, because wit the check chain she hacked and acted like
I was killing her. Then taking her home was a nightmare, she sniffed, and jumped on people, and generally made my life a living hell for a few days.
I can remember the first time I took her in to the local pretzel factory, she put her front paws right up on the counter! I was so embarrassed. All this
to say, she's a really good worker now, she has her issues, following in crouds still isn't her strongest skill, and once in a while we miss the top of
the stairs and she just starts going down them, but mostly, she's a good worker. She's obedient, and can be trusted to stay in one spot while in harness,
we are working on the stay out of harness, and it's not that reliable yet! She mostly comes when she's called, and loves to play in her back yard. She's
usually good around other dogs, but once in a while when i am distracted she will act up around other dogs. She loves to play with her heavy rubber toys,
kong and a round frisby toy her friend Ronan gave her. He's getting older, and doesn't like to play with it that much anymore. She loves tug, and is
so full of energy in the morning! she will do laps around the fensed in yard, and catch a ball in the air, I really do love her, she is a little cuddler,
and my cat thinks she's his personal posession! Good Morning All,
Today, Essence and I celebrate 5 months together. It should have been on the 7th, but as you may know, I didn't start off class with her, but with a different
dog. When I finally got her, I thought it couldn't work, she was so diffrent than the first dog they started me off with, he was so calm, so relaxed!
She was so bouncy, so full of mischief. I remember the first obedience session we did together, Getting her to sit was a real chore, I even asked my instructor,
"she does know this command, doesn't she?" She just wouldn't do it, no matter what I did, how I begged, commanded, corrected, It just wasn't happening.
We couldn't do anything but sit, over and over and over again. then she had to go to a prong collar, because wit the check chain she hacked and acted like
I was killing her. Then taking her home was a nightmare, she sniffed, and jumped on people, and generally made my life a living hell for a few days.
I can remember the first time I took her in to the local pretzel factory, she put her front paws right up on the counter! I was so embarrassed. All this
to say, she's a really good worker now, she has her issues, following in crouds still isn't her strongest skill, and once in a while we miss the top of
the stairs and she just starts going down them, but mostly, she's a good worker. She's obedient, and can be trusted to stay in one spot while in harness,
we are working on the stay out of harness, and it's not that reliable yet! She mostly comes when she's called, and loves to play in her back yard. She's
usually good around other dogs, but once in a while when i am distracted she will act up around other dogs. She loves to play with her heavy rubber toys,
kong and a round frisby toy her friend Ronan gave her. He's getting older, and doesn't like to play with it that much anymore. She loves tug, and is
so full of energy in the morning! she will do laps around the fensed in yard, and catch a ball in the air, I really do love her, she is a little cuddler,
and my cat thinks she's his personal posession!
