Finn's thread!! Puppy is GROWING!!!

[black_cat]

Nobody:
Finn: *sits up so enthusiastically out of a down that he clonks his snoot on my hand so hard that it was audible*

 

[black_cat]

Am I buying myself this?
Absolutely
Did we earn it?
Yes, so it doesn't matter that I'm buying it for myself lol

 

[Sally PB]

Am I buying myself this?
Absolutely
Did we earn it?
Yes, so it doesn't matter that I'm buying it for myself lol

YAY @black_cat YAY Finn!

 

[black_cat]

TKI progress:

Crawl and leg weave still need a little work, but everything else that's green is completely done.

 

[black_cat]

Our scent work training is going very well too.

 

[black_cat]

LOOK AT HIM GO
I"VE BEN WORKING ON THIS FOR MONTHS I"M SO PROUD OF HIM

 

[StinkyAcres]

You're doing so good with Finn! I need to up my dog training game. How is he doing with the standing between the legs trick? I saw that you were doing it and decided to teach it to my dog, Luna. She got it almost instantly! I was so surprised. Smartest dog I've ever had. My other dog on the other hand...not so much..haha!

 

[StinkyAcres]

Also, I just saw the video on Finn's Instagram of him heeling so nicely. How did you get him to stay behind you like that? Very well done. My Luna heels at about her shoulders and she doesn't understand if I try to get her to go back.

 

[black_cat]

You're doing so good with Finn! I need to up my dog training game. How is he doing with the standing between the legs trick? I saw that you were doing it and decided to teach it to my dog, Luna. She got it almost instantly! I was so surprised. Smartest dog I've ever had. My other dog on the other hand...not so much..haha!

He’s great! I want him to always enter from the back, and he hasn’t quite picked up to go around me when I’m facing him. However, I haven’t practiced as much as I should be, and I’m sure that he’ll get it soon. I ended up using the word “center”.

 

[black_cat]

Also, I just saw the video on Finn's Instagram of him heeling so nicely. How did you get him to stay behind you like that? Very well done. My Luna heels at about her shoulders and she doesn't understand if I try to get her to go back.

Is it the one that says #sayitonceslowmochallenge? In that one, he’s not actually heeling, that’s just where I want him to walk. I’m working on a separate competition heel.
to prevent forging, you can reward from behind your legs (if your dog is small, put some peanut butter on a spoon and use that to reward without bending as much). You can also turn into your dog if she forgets, or, if you don’t care about her going behind you, you can just turn around when she gets past the point where you’d like her so that she’s always behind.