Goodjob Oddjob

Just a very quick blog today as we are busy house hunting (again).

Oddjob has settled in so well with all our dogs except Kodi. When at shows Kodi has always been fascinated by Papillons and we used to joke and say when he got to agility champsionship status we would get him one. Clearly a pug is a long way from a papillon so Kodi is not impressed. He isn't nasty to Oddjob as Kodi hasn't got a mean bone in his body - he just is not interested.

It is a totally different story with Rhyme, they would romp and play all day given the oppoertunity and Rhyme is so gentle.

Having had just one breed for a long time it is special to see such different looking dogs have such a closeness :)

Training is coming along great. At the moment I have no new video footage to prove it though.

There is still a time delay from treat rewarding to swapping to play. I'm timing it and at the moment it is not on a steadily decreasing amount or even a consistant amount - sometimes it is instant, other times a few seconds to a few minutes to oh I need to go outside for a poo. I haven't decided what the key is yet but will keep exploring it.

The 2 focuses for this week was sit and settle down. I wasn't sure if he didn't find it easy to sit, if sitting wasn't an option previously or if he just hadn't been taught it but decided we'd done some fun stuff so let us try a basic.

As with other training it didn't take too long but still needs some work before it is solid.

Now settle is a different matter. I do have to remmeber that he is only 11 months old and can remember sitting on our floor helping the collies to settle quietly in the evening whilst we watch TV. It is never easy but I kind of thought that a toy breed would find it much more natural. Not Oddjob he always wants to be doing something LOL.