We drove up north and picked up Poppy last night. However, "Poppy" is now "Jasmine". Poppy is the name I picked. Jasmine is the name the breeder picked for her and it fits this extraordinary, graceful puppy much better.
She and her littermates have learned to sit, stand, and come using clicker training. When I took out the i-click this morning, she began to dance -- she knows it means fun and good times!
Today we worked on recall to her name, free-shaping a sit, and luring a tight left and right turn. (She will need a "come by" and "away to me" for herding and I want her to turn easily to either side.)
Trooper kept lying down nearby, getting up and lying down again as if he was trying to teach her: "Look! This will get you a click and a treat, too!" When he was a little puppy I free-shaped "down" with him and that is his "go to' or default behavior.
It is so much fun having a little puppy again who is eager to explore and learning to learn.
