I was going to share a few new pictures and an update last night but Chaz decided that wasn't allowed (database was down), so here they are now!
Journey had her first bath and blow dry last night since coming home. She's been bathed and dried a bunch of times in the past, but both she and Merlin threw a fit the last time they had to be dried with their breeder haha. So I was expecting a small tantrum, but Journey decided that one hissy fit over being dried was enough and was perfect. Not stressed at all, just stood perfectly and waited for me to be finished. She barked at me twice in the beginning to say "hey, stop it! I don't like that!" but realized that was going to get her nowhere and quit, and then just stood like a pro and ate a few treats. She's such a good puppy.
She really doesn't know much yet as far as behaviours go as she was lacking a lot of food motivation and therefore was making it hard to teach her anything. But I finally found some treats that she thinks are awesome, so yay! She's almost learned how to shake a paw. I taught it to her in just a few minutes yesterday afternoon, and while she doesn't know the word for it yet, she offers her paw. I figured that while not a super exciting trick, it's a good one for a store dog to know haha. Mostly because for some reason every customer thinks that every dog should know how to shake hands, so I thought she should brush up on her customer service skills a bit. She also knows how to sit and we're working on down. I think she knows her name, too. It's hard to tell because she'll look at me pretty much no matter what I say, but it seems that everytime I say her name she comes running.
Other than that, not much interesting has happened this week since Christmas. She's just been coming to work with me all weekend and hanging out, making sure most of the customers know that they can't leave without saying hello.
Here she is looking all fluffed up and adorable:
And a cute one from the other night, too...
One of these days I'll have to actually take my camera out with her rather than have all these in the house pictures!