Monday, March 26, 2012

Hope is working on the retrieve (without pouncing on things) and the HOLD.  He will on occasion fail to retrieve if he misses it the first time.  He's also learnng TUG to open doors.  He looks great, obedience and attention are excellent and he clearly loves working with Adam.
 
Rosella was working with a different handler this week.  Paul excels at teaching his dogs to TUG, something that Rosella was weak with.  WPR notes that she is off this weekend, needs more correction and attention is lacking.  I am chaulking it up to the nice weather, her age, and changing handlers.  She is back with Chris again, so I expect improvement next weekend. 

Graham did well with Chris this week, performes al ltasks well, no problems.  Still silly with WPR when he enters the training facility, or somewhere in public, needs attention commands and corrections to settle. Graham participated in a READ program last Saturday, and did well with the kids. 

Maxwell 1209 has been failed for guarding high value food items.

This happened twice in one week.  Both the handler and the raiser had not seen any behaviors like this previously. I had noted that he was a confident puppy and a little strong willed, but no aggression was previously noted except in his play with the other dogs~he's a rough player. His reaction the second time (in one week) was severe, he barked and came forward at a person entering the room while he had a bone. Since then, WPR has noted that he is guarding/attempting to hide with high value food items.

I am working on finding the proper placement for Maxwell.