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
