It will be interesting to see if Future Puppy is much like P, but that will be a bit unfair since ideally Future Puppy will be P's kid, so...
Where can I get on the waiting list for that litter?!?!?!
lol
My two are totally different, I always attributed it to their breed-types. I've had Maddie since she was a puppy, and pretty much from 2 years on I clicker trained, but before hand not (but it was positive based). She's a sporting breed and works very much for food. She can be pushy, when I get out the clicker it's TRY EVERYTHING I CAN THINK OF UNTIL I GET IT RIGHT - and then bark if all else fails :rofl1: including slapping me with her paw
ohhh Maddie. She doesn't have very much spatial awareness when it comes to h body, other than her front feet. But we're very in-tune with each other, and I can tell right away if the method I am using is going to "work" or not. She catches on fast, and after 1-2 repetitions of getting it "RIGHT" she's got it from then on out. It's the craziest thing.
Bailey is the herder, she's more handler oriented and works closer to me. But her temperament is soft and she doesn't like to do things wrong, and she'll completely shut down if she gets confused or frustrated. I have clicker trained her from day one, but I got her when she was 2 years old, and her former owners used collar pops, knee in the chest or swatting when jumping, etc so she lacks the confidence Maddie has. But she's very sharp and learns quickly. Bailey does better with shorter sessions, and after the break she does it better than when we left off!
she's needy and needs to work with me, wants that encouragement whereas Maddie just wants the final reward when she's done
Both are very very food motivated. Bailey will work for toys and loves to tug (not in new environments, though), Maddie's more like meh where's the food. Maddie's very social and loves people, Bailey's not too fond of strangers and is content heeling at my side. I've let Maddie get away with the pulling on a leash and even though she CAN heel, she'll yank my arm off if she gets in the mood. And now that she's loosing her hearing, she'll deliberately NOT look at me so she doesn't have to listen. And that is SO Maddie :rofl1: Bailey would never to that lol she looks up at my with those eyes like :hail: Maddie's more the one to say eh, no thanks this is much more interesting, unless you have a treat