Monday 23 September 2013

Introducing James

Somebody asked why and well sometimes things don't need a reason :)


James entered our lives yesterday and has settled in very well. At the moment the others aren't so sure but he just walks amongst them with no worries, broad shouldered and straight at the front showing no fear.

Now to start having some fun. Training session one was short and sweet - how to get the food delivered into the right place in his month so it didn't fall back out again :) Once I'd mastered that we were on our way.

A 10 month old rescue at any age will be a challenge to train but one that can't take treats or play with toys easily is another variety. That said he is so attentive or rather wants lots of attention in the form of fuss and puggles (a kind of snuggle that pug owners will understand).

So lets consider the old "It's your Choice"game. James can not eat food from out of a hand without a struggle so the choice to back off and wait for the food to be delivered totally misses the point with him.

Picture me sat on the floor with a handful of treats trying to time giving treats to a spinning pug hoping to time it right so he might gain some understanding that I was rewarding him for trying to do something LOL.

Ok what about the rewarding the puppy for getting into a box another old favorite that helps the youngster think about doing something in order to get rewarded instead of being lured.

This seemed to work and James offered the behaviour of putting his front feet in the box and I managed to deliver the treats into his mouth in the right place so hopefully.....

Tomorrow will be a chance to see if it worked and we will start to work on whether we can get some type of tugging sorted :)

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