I worked Jackson for about an hour. It
turned into a day of mostly play. I got
Sadeem out at the same time, so they were
both with me the whole time. I did want to
work on “the pose” that Alexandra Kurland
talks about. I have already done some as I
have taught him to do the Ramener and to
lean back. So today I worked on GOTM. I
wanted him to do GOTM and to raise his head,
little by little, in Ramener. He is not
proficient at GOTM, so we did work on that
first, then I gently asked him to raise his
head. He did very well. He lifted his head
fairly high in Ramener! I was very pleased.
He also was doing better with the obeisance
and bow. He is starting to round more and
more at liberty. It is very fun to see that.
Now while I was working with Jackson, Sadeem
was there trying to get some treats too. He
did lie down two times, but I wasn’t asking
for it. I was able to click and reward both
of them though. I did work a little bit on
Ramener with Sadeem. I think he will figure
it out pretty quickly!
We also went for a walk to get the mail.
Both Jackson and Sadeem were at liberty.
They both took off running down the driveway
(away from home). They stopped by the
mailbox. Then they just hung around until I
got there. Then they both walked back with
me to the house. For some of that time,
Jackson would round up nicely. It was very
fun to see.
We also did some running around and playing
at liberty. Both Jackson and Sadeem would
come charging up to me. I made sure to
reward Sadeem so that he would learn to come
when called. So later, he did come running
up to me in the yard, which was a first!
