Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Sally~62lbs~Sally is working with the wheelchair and walker, getting used to working beside them, where her placement should be, etc. She is still working on LIGHTS OUT as well as turn without a hand prompt for placement.
Working:
She did give Rubin a little lesson when he tried to take her bone away, but Sally has been exceptional with all other dogs at home and at daycare and very easily reads other dogs too.
Sally is still also exhibiting an occasional alert bark/low growl~objects or people far away that she is unfamiliar with. As soon as she is told to SAY HELLO or QUIET, she appears to recover.
Pluses:
Sally heard live fire from a firing range about a 1/4 mile from WPR Dawn's house, no notice.
She is able to give a credit card to a cashier and take it back to handler without dropping it.
Exposed to a cat in a pet store, no problem.

JC~49lbs.~JC appears to be extremely sensitive to leash correction and does not recover well when corrected. She has a focus issue when there are new dogs around, but great with dogs that she already knows.
Working on:
Reducing hand signals for tasks.
Turn
Out of sight stays
Pluses:
JC went to a basketball game, no problems.
Tongue is healed

Rubin~27lbs~Rubin is doing well, waking up and loving to work. He also likes getting a bath! Rubin is still learning housebreaking with WPR Liz, but hasn't had any accidents with Billy. Basic obedience is coming along quickly, I am impressed with this little man.

Welcome Cheyenne! Sweet, adorable, biddable. She is a most welcome addition to our string!