Finn is very people oriented
Mar. 24th, 2018 03:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
conulyAnd also highly motivated by food.
His two desires are to make his people happy, and also to get us to give him food.
Consequently, it was really easy to teach him to sit. Indeed, if he thinks treats might be forthcoming he will automatically sit, and sit so intently that he positively vibrates. You could run a generator off of his sitting. It is fantastic and adorable (If all that's on offer is snuggles he will sit, then sneakily edge closer when he thinks you're not looking. He understands "stay", but he doesn't believe in it.)
Moonpie is still a bit shaky on the sit concept. She believes that half of life is showing up, and so when she hears the word - she shows up! There are treats all around for good doggies, right? Right? Right? It can take a few tries before she thinks to put her butt on the floor. We've only been working on this for months, after all. Maybe this time we don't really mean it. I think the issue is repetition - she picks up new things fast, but she forgets if we don't reinforce them constantly. I can be a little haphazard about, well, everything. (By which I do mean everything. I only remember to feed them because I put their bowl where I literally will trip over it.) This is the problem. I need to find a way to schedule training in, and keep to it.
And since we're talking about cute dogs, you might want to take a gander at this image posted bybaranduin.
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His two desires are to make his people happy, and also to get us to give him food.
Consequently, it was really easy to teach him to sit. Indeed, if he thinks treats might be forthcoming he will automatically sit, and sit so intently that he positively vibrates. You could run a generator off of his sitting. It is fantastic and adorable (If all that's on offer is snuggles he will sit, then sneakily edge closer when he thinks you're not looking. He understands "stay", but he doesn't believe in it.)
Moonpie is still a bit shaky on the sit concept. She believes that half of life is showing up, and so when she hears the word - she shows up! There are treats all around for good doggies, right? Right? Right? It can take a few tries before she thinks to put her butt on the floor. We've only been working on this for months, after all. Maybe this time we don't really mean it. I think the issue is repetition - she picks up new things fast, but she forgets if we don't reinforce them constantly. I can be a little haphazard about, well, everything. (By which I do mean everything. I only remember to feed them because I put their bowl where I literally will trip over it.) This is the problem. I need to find a way to schedule training in, and keep to it.
And since we're talking about cute dogs, you might want to take a gander at this image posted by
baranduin.The Eiffel Tower Could Be Repainted Its Original Vibrant Color
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Study finds obesity robs the tongue of taste buds in mice
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'Women in Argentina live in hell': calls for legal abortion grow
Trump pushes death penalty for drug dealers: 'It's not about being nice anymore' (Ugh. I am fundamentally opposed to the death penalty, even if we didn't have ample evidence that amping up the War on Drugs is a bad idea.)
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