Introducing RuhRoh

Puppy Insanity. This is RuhRoh, our newest baby. Today she turns 13 weeks old. What have we been working on at home? She came from a great breeder who uses Puppy Culture to raise her puppies. Thanks to that RuhRoh arrived with an excellent sit already in her repertoire. We built on that sit to get some nice waits. Wait before eating, wait before coming out of her crate and after, before going outside, basically a wait anywhere that her puppy craziness might take over.

​We've also been focusing on rewarding natural calm behaviors. I keep some treats handy and if I catch her laying down I drop a couple between her front legs (feeding for position) so she stays in the down while getting her reward. Slowly we stretch out the time between the treats . An extra treat will drop if something interesting happens and she stays put, like a cat walking by. I want her to choose to hang out calmly. The more she thinks and chooses the right behavior the better she will behave later. #29K9 #DogTrainingRocks #reinforcementdrivesbehavior #traineddogsforthewin #cuenotcommand #teachdontpunish #fearfree