So, I decided to teach Jewel some basic obedience. The other two girls are well trained, and reliable off lead. Jewel misses out on fun times, and she is still very eager to play and interact, at 8 years young. I'd like to get her CGC, and maybe her RN, if her health permits. She has great dog manners (thank you, Emma, and Bean), and is a generally decently behaved dog, just needs some guidance. I hadn't started her on anything, before this week. I'd been giving her time to get over being in season, being spayed immediately after, and being in a new home.
The night before last, we played "watch me!" with her dinner. She loved it! She picked up super fast. Last night, I took her to basic obedience class, and she met the trainer's new, 14 month old, rescue ( 4th home! Geez, poor guy!!) Border Collie. She did well, with him. When class started, she did watch mes, in front of the WHOLE class (which was a Yorkie, and two wild, large breed puppies, the BC pup off and on, and Jewel). I introduced "heel", with her meal in my nail apron. Tonight, I decided to arrange to work all three dogs, for dinner. It's dark, outside, by dinner time, so I put three crates in the wide open living room. I put bowls, with their topper, supplements, medications on top of each crate. Crated the dogs. Got out the kibbles to work them with. All of my dogs are chow hounds, so I knew it would work
Emma worked first, which was annoying, because she was OMGSODISTRACTED. Jewel, second. She heeled without food in front of her face, worked more on watch mes, and figured out how to sit beside me. She is eating this UP! Lots of love, and hugs, and kibbles. Her tail wags like CRAZY. She is completely into it. I had no idea training an adult dog from scratch was so much fun