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Notes from Week 31:
- Adolescence is in full swing
- while we like to think of our dogs as “puppies” for a lot longer sometimes. . .
- puppyhood really ends by about 6 months
- Zooka is starting to show some adolescent behaviors now and then
- getting into things he did not before
- able to reach things he could not before
- though it seemed like we were past those really wild and crazy puppy “zoomies” we are most definitely NOT
- they used to be very consistent and predictable in the evening
- now we see them less often but they still crop up
- this is in part due to getting enough play time and play dates during the day
- the days he does not have friends to let off steam with, we see more of these behaviors
- behaviors that are very similar to those puppy antics but now there is that bigger stronger mouth minus the razor sharp teeth
- Nail filing
- we have not been as diligent about nail trimming
- getting back into better cooperation after a backslide
- continued teaching him to use a scratch board to file down some of his own nails
- this is continuing and going well – fewer nails for me to trim!
- we have not been as diligent about nail trimming
- Continue training
- continuing with everything we've been doing so far
- Name, Sit, Down, Stand, Sleep, Touch, Watch Me, Wait, Stay, LLW, Heel, Front, Swing, Finish, Come, Lift, Bring It, Chin, Kennel Up, Night Night, Back Up, Spin, Under
- working on transferring Touch (nose to hand) to Target (nose to target stick)
- continuing with everything we've been doing so far
- Continue group classes
- no class this week due to the holiday weekend
- Field trips
- none this week, due in part to the weather, our boarding visitors, the holiday weekend, and taking some down time after our big road trip!
- Play Dates
- continued from last week – boarding dogs, two Goldendoodles, both male between 8 months and 2 years old
- you would think after being together for a full week, they would wear out. . . you would be wrong!
- continued from last week – boarding dogs, two Goldendoodles, both male between 8 months and 2 years old
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