Freedom
07-26-2009, 09:25 PM
Almost a month ago now, one day Tasha sat up and did the bichon wave -- all by herself! We hadn't been working on learning that or anything even close, she just did it. :woohoo: WELL! THAT deserved a high value treat, so she got a piece of hot dog. Tasha LIKES hot dogs. Need I explain to you what dear Tasha does, morning, noon and night? All day long, when she feels in need of a bit of a snack, there she is waving at me and chattering to get my attention. Took me a while to get the vid for all of you, tonight I did it -- in fact, I took THREE vids ha haaa.
She was sitting peacefully (she had already asked for and received her hot dog treat a few times and was taking a break, so I grabbed the camera):
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q57/sfsamm/2009/July%2026%20Tasha%20waves%20zucchini/July26Tashawaves004Small.jpg
Here she is! My new little star, and my ONLY bichon who waves: TASHA!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yevLO-xsvEI
I may have mentioned (a few dozen times!) that Marlin is very food oriented. So he had to join in:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAZMh7G07BA
And finally, I remembered to mute the television while I was recording:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP6DFl1IS5g
Tasha has started Basic Manners class. Since starting, she has learned: sit, lie down, stand. She already knew "come" and "with me." The instructor has noticed a big change in Tasha each week. It is a huge deal for this mill dog, being in a large room with dogs of all sizes, and humans too, lots of commotion. Clickers -- she is afraid of them and grabbed and cracked mine first time, so I stick with hand signals and verbal commands. But the others are using their clickers, and treating, and SOME of them have very smelly yummy treats! But that means - gasp - she need to approach an unknown human! Everyone in class knows about her background, they are quite patient and good about offering her a treat if she makes any move towards them.
We have one 7 month old Newfoundland (male) in our class. All the other dogs are small in size. He is already 125 pounds and still growing! Tasha is not sure WHAT he is, but she is sure he is terrifying and refuses to get near him.
And Tasha will show off, doing the bichon wave, even in class!
She was sitting peacefully (she had already asked for and received her hot dog treat a few times and was taking a break, so I grabbed the camera):
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q57/sfsamm/2009/July%2026%20Tasha%20waves%20zucchini/July26Tashawaves004Small.jpg
Here she is! My new little star, and my ONLY bichon who waves: TASHA!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yevLO-xsvEI
I may have mentioned (a few dozen times!) that Marlin is very food oriented. So he had to join in:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAZMh7G07BA
And finally, I remembered to mute the television while I was recording:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP6DFl1IS5g
Tasha has started Basic Manners class. Since starting, she has learned: sit, lie down, stand. She already knew "come" and "with me." The instructor has noticed a big change in Tasha each week. It is a huge deal for this mill dog, being in a large room with dogs of all sizes, and humans too, lots of commotion. Clickers -- she is afraid of them and grabbed and cracked mine first time, so I stick with hand signals and verbal commands. But the others are using their clickers, and treating, and SOME of them have very smelly yummy treats! But that means - gasp - she need to approach an unknown human! Everyone in class knows about her background, they are quite patient and good about offering her a treat if she makes any move towards them.
We have one 7 month old Newfoundland (male) in our class. All the other dogs are small in size. He is already 125 pounds and still growing! Tasha is not sure WHAT he is, but she is sure he is terrifying and refuses to get near him.
And Tasha will show off, doing the bichon wave, even in class!