Day one and a half
The stairs (9 from the front yard to the front porch) were not too tough. I was able to Hansel and Gretel her step by step with bits of roast beef (front feet only), then lift each back foot to follow. After 6 trips, she's doing this on her own for roast beef at the top except for a back foot lift on the first step.
Things I hadn't thought about in a while:
- how tedious constant housetraining supervision is, especially when one is besotted with an adorable new dog and doesn't want to keep her crated much. So, when I go into another room, she does too. We are now 3 and 0 for successful outside potties versus accidents. I can already feel the temptation to consider this done. Let's see if I can hold on for 2 or 3 weeks before relaxing this.
- what it takes to puppy proof a house. Regardless of how enticing I make the various soft and hard chew toys, she has in about 18 hours collected or tried to collect--3 magazines, 2 books, 2 plastic packages, 1 cork coaster, 1 leather change purse, 1 orchid plant and the really big favorite, the TV remote. I saw a freeze when I started to retrieve a magazine, which leads to --
New priority--resource guarding prevention:
- I will start exchanges and approaches today, just have to figure out a non-valued object to start with . . . hmmm . . something metal perhaps?
- Am doing roast beef additions to food bowl
Separation anxiety plan for today: I have a couple of brief errands to do today. I will test her on a loosely filled kong first, then leave one with kibble and chicken bits with her in her crate when I go out.
Part of my goal here is to integrate training as much as possible into the daily routine, rather than doing formal training sessions, in other words, to live like a normal person (as opposed to a dog trainer) and still get the job done. So far so good, I think. More tomorrow.
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