Zoltie likes to be close. He sleeps under my desk when I'm working. This is all fine and dandy as long as he is getting some alone time and I'm not constantly petting him. Ok, I admit, that last one is hard. But he needs to be comfortable and confident without constantly being in contact with a person.
And most times Zoltie is as happy as can be. His smile is so wide I'd sure his family can see it all the way from the other side of the country.
But he doesn't always like to be left in the crate. Oops...he pulled the kennel tag into the crate and destroyed it. I'm pretty sure he wasn't trying to tell Sinbad that the crate belonged to him now. Luckily all pieces were present and accounted for so no trips to the vet for us. I have to say, he's the first dog I've ever had who was able to pull a kennel tag into the kennel. Tricky boy!
He's doing much better with his downs when there are distractions. We're still building up on his tolerance to the distractions. It's nice that he will be going to Caroline's for the 2nd half of the month as she will be able to provide a whole host of other distractions for him.
We certainly have our share of distractions around here. I think he likes this one...she's not as pointy.
He's also working hard on his drop command. I like to teach this with a toy so I can help him learn how rewarding it is to drop things for me. Not only does he get a treat for drop but he also gets the toy back to play more...what a sweet deal! This will help when he has stolen some fabulous treasure. He'll be much more willing to drop that item for you and give it back. Not to worry, we're working on his recall too so you won't have to chase him down when he runs down the hall with a shoe in his mouth.
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