Dori & Rua's Blog – March 2011 Archive (3)

Rua and I did a little AKC S.T.A.R Puppy training this AM.  I took out my baggies of training treats.  I have Cherrios in one, kibble in another, freeze-dried beef liver in one, and another full of 4 different training treats, cut up into 3/8" x 3/8" pieces).  I alternate rewards....Cherrios for the easy stuff, kibble here and there, the tiny pieces for harder and the liver for high-value.

Well, I was working on sit/stay and down/stay.  I was giving her Cherrios for sits,…

Third week of AKC STAR puppy training...Momma has been SOOOO happy with my training AT home.  I can FOCUS, I have really worked on SIT AND STAY...and even DOWN AND STAY (hey, I didn't even know what that meant until this past weekend).  Hey, you give me a cookie (Momma just got some freeze-dried 100% beef liver treats) and I will recite the alphabet!  Heck, I can do SIT, DOWN and STAY with hand signals. 

WTD...Momma was NOT happy tonight in class...there were WAY too many…

HI all!  Rua here.  Thought I would update you on what has been going on lately.  My Momma already told you about my traveling adventures recently - California to Florida - in less than 2 weeks.  I had a blast!  Everybody was so suprised that I was on the plane, and everyone kept telling my momma how cute I was.  Like she didn't know!

My momma has been sick 4 times since Christmas and I am having a hard time getting all of the attention I deserve from her...she has taken some…