Mia just returned from a week with Keona's family and Keona has had a great week with us. As part of the program the training families exchange dogs to help with their preparation to be a service dog, and of course the trainers learn a lot at the same time. So Keona came to our house for a week and Mia went to Shannon's. Sort of like sending your kid on a foreign exchange program...
Keona is the smallest dog in the litter, and she is totally sweet. She was only nervous for a few minutes when she arrived. She brought her toys to us when she wanted to play, and not once did she counter surf (Mia did you hear that?) We worked on "over" 'til she was having fun with it, and she really liked Mia's two new bones pictured above. Of course we called her Mia a few times. Still, it was nice to have Mia back.
This week we are working on "under" and "take it" silently first, and later we will add the cues (the words that automatically trigger the response.) And we'll have some fun field trips to Glen Lake strip mall small places like the dry cleaner and flower shop. Happy Valentine's Day!
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