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.