July 18, 2008

Ginger training

This past week I have been working with Ginger off the leash in the yard. She is doing very well, but once in a while she does run off but not far. When I tell her to stop she does and then sits. She helped me water the plants on Thursday and did very well staying near me. She misbehaved at grandma's house last night but once we got back to our house she was good. I have been rewarding her with freeze dried liver and she likes that idea a lot. She loves being outside and doesn't want to come in so I use treats to get her in the house. She can go all around the house and I don't take the leash out anymore with me and she doesn't need it. Well, she won't go poop without being on the leash. I do leash her at night because of all of the wild animals that we have roaming around after dark. For instance last night we saw a bunch of deer and Ginger was whining because we wouldn't let her go play with them. I work with her for about ten or fifteen minutes at a time since she is only a puppy and needs to have some fun time now and then.