Fran on Friday
Booker’s favorite racquetball.
With all the training we do, sometimes it’s important to remember to let a dog just be a dog. Booker and I trained at heeling this morning – he has a very bad habit of checking out every speck on the floor. So I worked on getting immediate attention. “Heel!” 2 steps, stop, “Good boy!” And repeat. 1- 2- or 3- steps, at random, mixing it up, so Booker wouldn’t know when he would get the reward. For an exercise like this, it’s easier to reward with treats, so Booker got a lot of cheese this morning!
But this afternoon was playtime. Booker loves his racquetball! I throw it, he brings it back, again and again. Booker loves playing fetch with his ball. After 5 minutes, his tongue was hanging out, so we called it quits. A good time.
