Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Welcome to jack & CAYLIE

Hello everyone and welcome to our new blog. In this blog we will talk mostly about the transfer training with CAYLIE that will occur over the next few months. CAYLIE graduated from the paws4people program on November 14th. Although we had some limited training with her before, it is now much more intense. Karen Owens, the paws4people trainer for NC, is working with us and will be over the next few months. CAYLIE has stayed overnight with us several nights but won't officially become a member of the household for a couple more weeks.


A few positives so far.....


CAYLIE is sooooo affectionate. She wants to be touched constantly. She loves to play with her toys, mostly stuffed animals. She is always picking them up and whining, an indication of wanting to play. She minds her commands like "sit", "wait", "eat", "leave it" almost all the time. She and Maggie, our little sheltie/corgie mix and obvious alpha seem to be getting along well.

Lisa was practicing walking up the stairs with CAYLIE and having some trouble. CAYLIE kept crossing in front of her until Karen pointed out that Lisa needed to hold the food more out in front and to her left side rather than her right. When she did this, CAYLIE was perfect.

Also a few challenges...

CAYLIE likes to spend time in the kitchen, especially when Lisa is cooking or Jack is eating. She tends to hover around Jack like most dogs do to catch crumbs. We've tried to get her to "go in" under the table. She is supposed to go lay down and leave all food alone but she soon stands back up and starts nosing around again. We've discussed this with Karen and it is something that we will be working on.

She also tends to stand over or lay on Jack when he's on the floor, probably as a sign of affection, but he doesn't like that. Again, this is something we will work on with Karen.


Well, that's all for now. We'll keep you posted. Check back frequently and don't forget to check on our other blog......Jack of Our Hearts.

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