Mookie has it tough,oh yes she does.Its always hard being the middle child (ask my poor sister!),and ecspecially for Mookie who is sandwiched between two BIG personalities!
So starting a couple of weeks ago,we're having some special 'Mookie in the middle' time,just me and her or Pete doing what she loves best.
Probably her favourite thing is running,so she gets to go running with Pete and they've been doing about 4 or 5 miles every other day,of course she's also getting her runs off lead as usual,but I have been being 100% not letting the others chase her.Poor Mookie always gets saddled with being the prey when the three (or even with Bug) run together.
She's also been going to Partners Pet shop more,spot her in the photo below,checking under the shelves for fallen treats.
She get thorougly spoilt by the management in there!
I've begun teaching the dogs to blow bubbles in water.Its so funny seeing the difference in them,and their training history.
Shady....small steps as he was never shaped to do anything until he was 5 years old,so just getting him to put his face inside the bowl for the first session.
Floozie,was convinced it had something to do with her feet......lesson learnt...don't use a full bowl of water with Floozie.She gets easily frustrated,but works well through the frustration,as she is an old hand at shaping.She gets absolutly wired when training,any training lol.She was touching the water with her face after the first session.
Mookie,she just comes in very excited,but thinking hard,and progressed the quickest out of the 3 dogs.I seem to forget just how smart Mookie is!
Its funny how I have different expectations with each dog.With Shady I am grateful for any small step/achievement,as when I didn't know enough about clicker training,and was expecting too much from him,we would just sit and stare at each other for what seemed like ages! lol I notice in life mothers seem to have lower expectations from their sons than they do their daughters,and make more allowances for their sons too....are women genetically predisposed to do this?? lol.
Floozie I push and push,raising my criteria very quickly.This may explain some of her frustration,but she easily achieves more,so I don't know,I think she's just impatient like me!
Mookie is somewhere between the 2...as usual,poor Mookie in the Middle!
After Shady's lymphoma scare I have decided to go raw with all 3 dogs,and this is the food Richard Allport recommended.
Mookie is such an old bag,she spent a bit of time this morning guarding the empty boxes which it was delivered in....she's trouble! lol.
I'm really looking forward to seeing if and what the changes are in the dogs from their new diet :)
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| It is typical that after I decided it wasn't a nice enough day to bother with taking my good camera out,then sun came out and it was beautiful up there! |
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| Happy doggies :) |
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