Among the 6 students, Scallop is the only Miniature Schnauzer, unlike the previous class which has 4 of them!
Besides Scallop, the rest of the class are made up of :
Max : the 3.5 months old Golden Retriever
Travis : also a Golden Retriever, but he's an adult and huge
Princess : Shih Tzu
Puppy : Silky Terrier? <- to be confirmed next lesson
?? : a really fierce Jack Russell <- will find out name next lesson
Though he's timid, Scallop behaved superbly throughout and made us really proud. His sit-stay was very consistent and has the longest duration. All thanks to his twice daily 10 minutes sit-stay exercise before meals.
Main take-aways from today's class to practise and enforce :
- Scallop must sit immediately upon command and not walk here walk there before sitting
- Scallop must always walk on the handler's left
- Scallop must stop being a vacuum cleaner
- Scallop must try to stop turning around to face the handler during a sit-stay exercise when the handler walks behind him
And some useful reminders :
- 4-8 months will be a tough period when Scallop changes his baby teeth to adult ones, he may vomit and have diarrhea and lose his appetite and will chew everything in sight
- has to rid Scallop of his separation anxiety problem
Looking forward to the next class to learn the proper way to teach him the 'Down' command, which we had tried unsuccessfully so far.
Pictures and videos of the day's events...
During introduction, Scallop's easily distracted by things
Behind...
Side...
Behind again...
Finally paying attention to the front
Alone?
Just showing off his sit-stay consistency
Scallop seems to be the most obedient
However, he's actually a kaypo
Moving out to the training grounds for training
Thirsty must drink water
Posing for pics at the end of the day
Some videos :
Tunnelling
Sit, Stay, Come
Walking Past
Sit, Stay with Distraction
End of Class
Lol @ Scallop the vacuum cleaner.
ReplyDelete10 minutes of sit stay?! So sadistic but at least now you can hao lian in front of other dog owners.
Separation anxiety problem = pee everytime you moved out of his sight?
The class looks fun!
Good job Scallop
Am increasing to 12 mins. Eventually he will have to sit stay 30 mins before he can get his dinner.
ReplyDeleteScallop has perfect toilet manners in the night after we go to bed and in the day when we are out for work. The problems only start when we are at home... he will tend to pee somewhere (except the pee tray) even when we are right in front of him...
Yep! The concept of Dr-Dogs is to teach through fun and play so the dogs (and their owners) will enjoy the lessons. When want to go kaypo?
._. Can his attention hold for so long?
ReplyDeleteWhat if you ask him to stay then you move out of his sight..will he still stay?
Scallop is seeking attention!
When is the next class? Can bring outsiders go ar..
When he's asked to sit stay for his daily food, he obeys even when we went about with our chores in the other rooms (ie. we moved out of his sight)
ReplyDeleteApa ini seeking attention? His pee problem? Dun think so lei.. cos people can be playing with him giving him all their attention and halfway through he just pee...
Class is every Sunday lor. Can only bring family members but they cannot disturb the ongoing class.