Right now I have Sawyer, Virgo and Mollie in my apartment. Sawyer is an Australian Shepherd. Virgo is a black Lab. Mollie is a rocket-powered crackhead...er...8 month old English Setter pup.
I did a group obedience session with them all in the apartment and just came back in from taking all three of them out to the courtyard for a run/potty session and attempted to each Mollie what a leash actually means as well as the beginnings of a recall. This dog could qualify for the Iditarod the way she pulls! We did make some progress though, and this was even with Sawyer trying to "help" by doing his "lay down!" bark at her every time he ran up. Virgo was just out exploring and checking back in every so often and Mollie was attempting to both pull me off my feet and leap into the air to catch bugs simultaneously. Circle and wait, circle and wait, circle and wait, circle and wait...take a few steps, repeat ad naseum. I'm slightly dizzy. Then we played the high speed "which way am I going?" game...she liked that one.
After a bit I'm going to take her out into the hall with a handful of lamb roll bits again and work more on the walking. There were just too many bugs/birds/motion for her to even begin to focus on me.
Lots and lots of work ahead, but it'll be worth it! Her mom is a good friend of mine and really has no clue about dogs. She bought Mollie out of a parking lot because she just fell in love. She is adorable...Mollie and Sawyer are getting married October 21 in fact! Virgo could really care less, she's more of the rebel type anyway. LOL!
I did a group obedience session with them all in the apartment and just came back in from taking all three of them out to the courtyard for a run/potty session and attempted to each Mollie what a leash actually means as well as the beginnings of a recall. This dog could qualify for the Iditarod the way she pulls! We did make some progress though, and this was even with Sawyer trying to "help" by doing his "lay down!" bark at her every time he ran up. Virgo was just out exploring and checking back in every so often and Mollie was attempting to both pull me off my feet and leap into the air to catch bugs simultaneously. Circle and wait, circle and wait, circle and wait, circle and wait...take a few steps, repeat ad naseum. I'm slightly dizzy. Then we played the high speed "which way am I going?" game...she liked that one.
After a bit I'm going to take her out into the hall with a handful of lamb roll bits again and work more on the walking. There were just too many bugs/birds/motion for her to even begin to focus on me.
Lots and lots of work ahead, but it'll be worth it! Her mom is a good friend of mine and really has no clue about dogs. She bought Mollie out of a parking lot because she just fell in love. She is adorable...Mollie and Sawyer are getting married October 21 in fact! Virgo could really care less, she's more of the rebel type anyway. LOL!