Today is day six. Hmmm, did I say day six? I just cannot believe that it is day six already! Time flies when you are having fun in the sun! It has been very nice days every day except for yesterday when it was rainy all day. So, as usual, I will start off with Jeter eating; yep Jeter ate all of his food with treats. Pete had suggested that I place treat meat in his food to entice him to eat. He ate all of it and was looking for more. This morning, I fed Jeter with treat meet mixed in. That silly guy ate first did not want to eat a bite because I think he thought it was going to be the same boring stuff as before. Well, I put more of the treat it all. He was not all that enthused about it, but he ate. Once he got going, I think he realized that the goodies in the food tasted pretty good. Man, when I prepped the food, it smelled good; it smelled just like sausage. I need to keep my dad away from this stuff, he just might think it is something for him to eat. So anyways, After he ate, we went outside. Jeter went number one (this is the first time he has done one since I have had him in the morning.
Today was an off day for Jeter. I noticed it this morning when I was getting him ready. He was lethargic and just did not want to do much of anything. He was not all bouncy an raren to go. He placidly got up, came out of his crate, stretched, jumped up on my lap like he thought he was a lapdog and then calmly walked away. I thought for sure that he would be racing around the house like a cat with its tail on fire (if this offended any cat lovers out there, I apologize). I fed him and he basically said okay, if you really want me to, I guess I will do it.
Working Jeter (it is no longer training Jeter):
Yesterday when I had walked with him around the block, he was lazy ( had no drive whatever). Pete had suggested that he was trying to see if I would turn around and go back home. Well, I did not do so. This morning, when I worked him to the Metro, he was the same way, no energy and just did not care. I thought for sure that he would start picking it up once he figured out where he was going, nope. Our mission today was to go to Petco and purchase some additional dog toys and an airtight container that would keep the dog food smell out of the room and keep the freshens in. Jeter plodded along; I had to keep prompting him to hop up. Well we got to the metro and boarded the train. This I learned today are to board the train as soon as the doors open, no matter how busy it is. This is so that the dog will know to force his way on to the train. When we got to Petco, I learned a must safer way to go then the way I was going before. To head street to the corner, hand a left, go over a drive and turn left in to the shopping center. I like that way much better because it keeps me out of the parking lot. I am liking this home training more and more. Pete is a good person and is passionate about what he does. He has no problems with pointing out handler mistake’s as well as dog mistakes. He has helped and continues to help me understand techniques to keep the soft dog I have ( a dog that does not need much or hard corrections to motivate). Pete had said that if this this slowness persists that I will have to start performing obedience exercise’s. Up to now, Jeter has performed nicely without adding additional stress by adding additional obedience tasks; by working Jeter, we are already stressing him by asking him to obey my commands. I think this is also a time for Jeter to test me to see if I really mean what I say I want him to do. Jeter is a good dog and I do not want to mess him up. I do remember this slowness during my last training. We practiced follow and sighted guide in Petco and all went well. He is still hanging to the right and Pete had suggested that I need to bang (sharply lift the harness handle) to give Jeter a the idea that hitting things on the left is not a good thing. I think this is going to be something that I am going to have to keep an eye on. He is still approaching and stopping short on down and up curbs. I hope this will go away as soon as he gets used to me working with him. Pete gave me a complement today, he had stated that the training is going much faster then he had expected. Both Jeter and I are well matched and that we are working through our differences. Pete had also said because I am on the subway, I am able to get to more areas and because of this, we are able to encounter many different areas in challenges.
This is a short one today and I hope you find it interesting. I cannot believe that this is day six.
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