Learning Stuff

Siren is soaking up life and learning like a little sponge. She is so clever and is a total problem solver. She has great focus, and most importantly the "want" to learn. We are building up food drive (she didn't have any!) and her toy drive is alive and well. She loves to tug, and fetch, and kill stuff. We are working on impulse control and some basic dowhatiwantandyougetwhatyouwant. She is starting to figure that out. 

So far her challenges have been:

Focus. It's short. And she is easily distracted by "shiny" things. 

I don't want to. Already! So young to have these moments. But she is a terrier. So we play the i-know-you-don't-want-to-but-CAN-you games. And she is improving each session. I haven't been brave enough to see if it's working yet. When she throws the "I don't want to" in my face during a training session or real life we just end the game and I play with someone else. Soon I'll see if the training is paying... 

And that's it challenge wise! She is highly motivated and loves to be right. So it's super fun to train her. I'll try and video some trainingn sessions to post here so I can look back and say "LOOK!"

In his dreams.

In his dreams this dog would work work work. All day every day. 

In real life I'm lucky to get to work him maybe two times a week. And that's with me living right across the road from sheep!  

Too busy. Too much real life. Too much work. It doesn't help that it's dark by 5. But I really do wish I could work from home, or something. So that I could work and train my own dogs more than I currently am. Not just in sheep, but in all things. 

In my dreams I suppose! 

She was a show dog...

Siren went to her first dog show. She had a fantastic time and made lots of friends. She was in the Baby Puppy Class- the only Baby Parson, and the only Baby Terrier. So we won a big ribbon, and got to go in the big Best Baby Puppy in Show ring.

She got better and better each time. She was very distracted the first go round (at the breede level) but by the end of the day she was like a little pro. So cute. She is a naturally good show dog- all attitude and is a great little self-stacker! 

We are going to do another one in January- and her breeder wants to take her to a Speciality in the spring. 

I loved her confidence and attitude. She literally bounced into the building. So fun.  

Brit the Rockstar!

99/100 for her last Advanced Rally leg- earning her Rally Advanced title (officially this time!)

And she earned her first CDX leg!!!  It wasn't perfect- in fact it might be the lowest score I've ever gotten. Lol. But- that's what happens when you won't sit! Her sitter was broken- no sitting in heel, no sitting for front, no sitting for dumbbell delivery. Nothing. I suspect it was her way of coping with the stress of the ring. But it also could have been physical from the cement floor all weekend. Either way- sits or no sits. She got a qualifying score. Other than those sits she was great- perfext broad jump, great retrieves, solid stays. A happy dog 

;)

Snow Fun

We got out first Snow yesterday. Today in the daylight it is beautiful. The dogs had a fantastic time on our walk this morning. There was much barking, and running, and rolling.