Eating - Trakka was watching me sort out the slow cooker yesterday morning and I was surprised that when I dropped a carrot baton he picked it up & was off to hide with it. I thought he would then leave it but to my surprise he sat and ate it all up! Add to this that he steals tomatoes straight off the plants in the garden, I'm starting to wonder if I own a veggie dog + liver cake.
Tarkka has upgraded from chewing sticks, he's moved on to chewing trees & logs!
Last night we went to a puppy party run by the vets. It was really well organised Tarkka met a Siberian Husky, Golden Retriever and a shih tzu. He was so well behaved and played really nicely (honestly Jen) he showed the group how he sits and stands and Alfie the golden retriever and Tarkka were soon the best of friends, bowing at each other and pawing each other to play.
The Vet nurse showed us how to clean the dogs teeth and so we all had a go. We played pass the puppy so that's another 7 people who have cuddled him. After the session we stopped back as Sarah (vet nurse) was asking us loads of questions about the breed and she then showed us a great game of dog tennis to try & improve Tarkka's none existent recall. George and I are going to work really hard at this and see if recall gets better. However recall aside Sarah was really pleased with Tarkka and said it showed that we had put a lot of time & effort upfront into thinking about how we were going to bring Tarkka up and his socialisation was going really well.
I was so happy with Tarkka & us when I got home I decided to take the plunge and clip Tarkkas nails. Tarkka was shattered from playing with the other pups that he was happy to sit up on my knee and with a bit of fidgeting (he did yelp once but as I hadn't even started I didn't react) I did all his nails including the dew claws. Now feeling really proud of myself.
Tarkka when put down on the floor decided to show me how sharp his clipped claws were by trying to dig up the pattern on the carpet :-(
Something I've not covered is noise. So far Tarkka has been exposed to the following scary noisy things. Cars & lorries both during the day and night. Council big grass cutter things. This morning he saw a tractor (not sure about those) he has also met the bin men and the guys who follow behind cleaning peoples bins, he even had a cuddle with one of these guys in his scary yellow jacket. Next week we are of to the train station, watch this space to see how we get on.
Sounds like Tarkka is rocketing along in his socialisation!! We call that recall game, puppy ping-pong :P It's great fun and it formed the basis of Jedi's recall which is really good (he'll even stop mid-play with another dog and come running to us). So it definitely works!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the train station!!
Wow - you've done his nails. I'm so impressed! Well done.
ReplyDeleteThanks Nik will really work st it each day and see what improvement we get. By the way your video is great.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jen, I was so pleased with myself last night and he was so good. Must make note to do this next week when he is half asleep. I also think letting him up on the sette helped as he knows it's a treat. He was layed on my lap with his head on a cushion half asleep.
ReplyDeleteHi Jo! Tarkka is doing so well!!! Good luck for the train station. Have you thought of checking out what trains are going through when you go down? That way you know what to expect. Take care,Nikkiy.
ReplyDeleteShould have a promblem with the trains Plymouth is a very busy station so will get a mix on big high speed trains going to London mixed with the local trains. Plus we have a lot of freight trains com through as it's the only line out of the south west.
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