I would say Nellie is decently average, she isn't particularly slow or quick at picking up new things, easy enough to teach thing but not so easy that we just fly through new behaviors left and right. Come to think of it, that ol gal is 10 and she just learned to "speak" finally, she never offered it before so I could never capture it and one day she got frustrated, let out a bark and I jumped all over the opportunity.
Aija...hmm. Well, to be honest she lacks common sense, the poor fool. If there is a short simple path and a long complicated one she will almost certainly choose the difficult path. If asked to go over/around something she is straight up dumbfounded sometimes. We tried flyball, and she did...okay I guess but things just weren't clicking and it wasn't the type of work she enjoys doing. On the other hand, she can pick up new tricks FAR faster than any other dog I have owned and can move onto new behaviors at a bit quicker pace and she's is also pretty good at figuring out puzzle toys.
The only thing about her is she has a very very short frustration threshold, if she doesn't get it quickly she will result to some pathetic tantrum of defeat. And while I said she's good at puzzle toys, she really doesn't understand "empty" and once all the food is out she will scream her face off and slam the toy around in frustration. Magical food producer had stopped producing magical food= RAGE.
Aija...hmm. Well, to be honest she lacks common sense, the poor fool. If there is a short simple path and a long complicated one she will almost certainly choose the difficult path. If asked to go over/around something she is straight up dumbfounded sometimes. We tried flyball, and she did...okay I guess but things just weren't clicking and it wasn't the type of work she enjoys doing. On the other hand, she can pick up new tricks FAR faster than any other dog I have owned and can move onto new behaviors at a bit quicker pace and she's is also pretty good at figuring out puzzle toys.
The only thing about her is she has a very very short frustration threshold, if she doesn't get it quickly she will result to some pathetic tantrum of defeat. And while I said she's good at puzzle toys, she really doesn't understand "empty" and once all the food is out she will scream her face off and slam the toy around in frustration. Magical food producer had stopped producing magical food= RAGE.