Sunday, September 23, 2012

Post Eight: Distractions

Lilli has been practicing her skills in the house a lot!  We also work in the front and back yards, but this weekend has been all about working with distractions.

Our house is mostly hardwood floors, so I did not even think about vacuums being a problem.  Some of the other Extreme Mutts have been working on getting them used to the vacuum, so I thought I'd turn it on the other day to test her reaction.

See her reaction here:

We took another trip to a local pet store yesterday to pick up a few things and we worked on some "easy" stuff in the back of the store while we waited for the check out line to go down.  Piece of cake for this little girl.  She was even showing off in line by doing her "sit pretty" for anyone that would watch.  


Today we took a trip to Canine Connection in Fort Worth to visit their Tricks class.  Lilli had a blast!  She responded so well with the other dogs and learned how to put her front paws up on a bucket.  She slept the entire car ride back to the house.  We worked on targeting, which was great practice for her since we are using a target to teach spin right now.  



This week I've learned that Lilli has a very open mind.  She is willing to try anything, as long as she has your trust.  






No comments:

Post a Comment