Today I decided to start some of Lilly's formal training seeing as she's been settling in quite nicely. These homecoming zoomies are becoming a ritual that brings a smile to my face every time. She knows that a queen's rightful place is on the bed and is not the least bit shy about settling herself there or even trying to steal your spot. So once I rounded up part of my collection of clickers, the first thing that became apparent was that natural balance a.k.a. rollover is apparently sheltie crack. I mean, I've always had dog's like it, but Lilly went from calm into overdrive mode. If she gets this excited over working for it for agility, I will have an awesome little agility dog!
This little dog is really going to have me thinking though. She is very soft and very particular. If, for example, I were to use my hand to guide her into a sit, she shuts down. So the logical thing would be to figure ways to do everything hands free, but she doesn't just throw behaviors out there either. Lilly will definitely take a lot of patience and a very light hand. For the moment I'm opting to start with teaching her to touch her nose to a target and will go from there. It's definitely a different type of dog than I've worked in the past!
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